Thread by @emzorbit

My parents are in their 70s. Neither with any college. Dad barely graduated high school. Both independent voters. Neither of them needed to research Hawley to know that he was trouble. /1

https://twitter.com/lynzforcongress/status/1353437359195488261

I’m glad people are finally starting to properly vet Josh Hawley. I can forgive voters for not having the time or resources to delve into Hawley’s history. But it’s tough for me to forgive people like frmr Senator John Danforth or frmr Ambassador Sam Fox. /2

Tough to forgive never-Trumpers who mused in 2018, that Hawley, like Nikki Haley, would be the future of a resuscitated, post-Trump GOP; that Hawley might return the GOP to true conservatism. /3

Tough to forgive the media which should have covered more of not only his past but his record and lies. Hawley supported RTW the same year Missouri defeated RTW. Hawley was suing to end the ACA while running ads saying he supported protections for pre-existing conditions. /4

Tough to forgive my local news media who even after Hawley started appearing on Fox spouting Trump’s conspiracies continued to treat Hawley like a serious statesman. /5

And it’s certainly tough to forgive people on the left who saw Hawley’s moves to support $1200 COVID relief checks, social media reforms, tech crack-downs as anything other than populist moves to promote the one and only person Hawley seeks to serve - himself.