Hawley’s first day in Senate he refused to take questions from @lindsaywise, @craasch or myself, the three reporters writing for his constituents. A few days later, he told me he wouldn’t play “hallway roulette” when I asked about furloughed fed workers google.com/amp/s/amp.kans…
A lot of reporters in DC covered him past two years as the next big thing and only viewed things through the lens of whether it would help propel him forward, but both @KCStar & @stltoday covered him with a more skeptical eye about what these moves meant for MO’s biggest cities.
Sometimes it meant a loss of access. Hawley was one of the only lawmakers from the region who wouldn’t do a phone interview with me throughout the pandemic. Other lawmakers from the region—Blunt, Cleaver, Davids, Moran, Roberts, Davids, Marshall— called regularly.
Accidentally put Davids in there twice.
To hammer this point home, @repcleaver (who I’ve talked to once or twice every week since I started working remotely in March) called me while he was sheltering place after being put at risk by rioters. He wanted to talk to his constituents thru me kansascity.com/news/politics-…
This was our first interview after he took the Senate oath. soundcloud.com/bryanlowry86/i…
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