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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,093 posts)
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 05:38 PM Jan 2021

After Helping Incite Capitol Mob, Josh Hawley Says He's The Victim

Five people died in an attack on the Capitol last week ― one of the worst crises the U.S. government has ever faced ― but Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), who helped incite the riot, believes he is the real victim.

In an interview with Fox News on Monday night, Hawley did not even mention the violence at the Capitol. Instead, he whined about publisher Simon & Schuster canceling his book deal.

“They don’t like the exercise of free speech,” Hawley said, adding that his starring role as the lead objector to the presidential election merely reprised Democratic objections to elections in prior years.

A key difference, though, is that when Democrats objected to certifying election results, they didn’t do so with the full backing of the losing candidate while also fomenting a crowd of supporters angling for violence.

https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/josh-hawley-simon-schuster-160233430.html

Let me repeat what I said in another thread Hawley. The late great Oliver Wendell Holmes said, "The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man falsely shouting fire in a theatre and causing a panic."

That's the exact quote and if you're honest you can see how it applies to yours and Trump's speech.

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After Helping Incite Capitol Mob, Josh Hawley Says He's The Victim (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2021 OP
I have *this many* book deals underpants Jan 2021 #1
Repukes always fall back on playing the victim... It's in the "what to do now" playbook.. nt mitch96 Jan 2021 #11
Oh, my friend, that's a keeper! 11 Bravo Jan 2021 #12
He is a victim...of his own avarice and stupidity! dutch777 Jan 2021 #2
Latching on to Trump AFTER a lost election. Show of hands. Who thought this could be bad? underpants Jan 2021 #3
... Initech Jan 2021 #8
😁 underpants Jan 2021 #15
Not a bright bdamomma Jan 2021 #4
Of Course! Victimhood and Self-pity Are the Everlasting Party Platform Planks The Roux Comes First Jan 2021 #5
Seriously? MyOwnPeace Jan 2021 #6
This, from a Yale educated attorney, who also clerked for Chief Justice John Roberts (according to alwaysinasnit Jan 2021 #10
Free speech: Initech Jan 2021 #7
Fucking little snowflake... BlueIdaho Jan 2021 #9
well do ya think ya might have been smart enough to see this coming?? Thekaspervote Jan 2021 #13
He's the victim of a bad haircut. William769 Jan 2021 #14
If Simon & Schuster screwed Hawley by canceling his book deal, he can NCjack Jan 2021 #16

bdamomma

(63,904 posts)
4. Not a bright
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 05:46 PM
Jan 2021

man after all. Step down. Th.e exercise of free speech??? WTF that was an overthrow of democracy, who was paying you Hawley how much of a kickback were you getting from "steal the election?"

The Roux Comes First

(1,300 posts)
5. Of Course! Victimhood and Self-pity Are the Everlasting Party Platform Planks
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 05:58 PM
Jan 2021

Fake news! Witch Hunt! Benghazi! Enail!

Lock Them Up.

alwaysinasnit

(5,066 posts)
10. This, from a Yale educated attorney, who also clerked for Chief Justice John Roberts (according to
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 06:19 PM
Jan 2021

Wikipedia).

Thekaspervote

(32,783 posts)
13. well do ya think ya might have been smart enough to see this coming??
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 06:36 PM
Jan 2021

I tell ya what...we all did..why didn’t you??

NCjack

(10,279 posts)
16. If Simon & Schuster screwed Hawley by canceling his book deal, he can
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 07:18 PM
Jan 2021

take his book to another publisher -- one that sees how inciting the Capitol Building Riot increases his prestige and market value of his book. Truth is, it decreases. Chomp on that, Hawley.

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