Senator Brian Schatz absolutely dismantled Josh Hawley

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

[Deuxcents]

1. Yes! Start calling em out..all of them.

We’re told we need to get our messages out..this is a great example.

[ggma]

2. Thank you!

That was beautiful. I felt all of that.
ggma

[area51]

17. Welcome to DU.

[ggma]

30. Thanks lots!

Have loved this place for years!
ggma

[Nevilledog]

36. Welcome!

[niyad]

31. Welcome to our DU family officially. Glad you came in from the cold.

[FakeNoose]

3. Wow he's on fire! I like the anger, and I hope Hawley was in the room to hear that

[madaboutharry]

4. Some people might want a cigarette after watching this.

That was beautiful.

[Native]

9. +1

[MLAA]

13. I'd like my cig with a glass of bubbly, please 😉❤️

[multigraincracker]

16. I ready to just roll over

and pass out. It was that great.

[enough]

5. Well done, thanks for posting this. NT

[justhanginon]

6. We need to see a heck of a lot more of this calling out of specific Senators

for their duplicity including but not limited to Senator Mconnell. Well done Senator Schatz. Bravo!

[Cha]

7. Mahalo For Calling Out that Gaslit

POS, Hawley, Senator Schatz!

💙💛

[gratuitous]

8. Ran right down the list, didn't he?

Instance after instance of Hawley acting in direct opposition to what he's complaining about now. And the added bonus of inferring that Hawley is a big baby.

[CanonRay]

10. Trouble is theyre too stupid

to understand theyve been dismantled.

[Rebl2]

41. So true

[Midnight Writer]

11. Now that's what I call a face slap.

Bet that stings.

[3catwoman3]

12. Nice "schat" by Senator Schatz.

An aside - One of my physician colleagues married a man whose last name is Schatz. She kept her own last name for work as she didn't think it would go over well at a pediatric office to be Dr. "Shots."

[MLAA]

14. Good call by Dr Almost Schwartz! 🙂

[Scottie Mom]

15. Guess Josh got Schatz on!!!

Bravo to Brian!!!

[NoMoreRepugs]

18. Hawley will somehow try and fund raise over being picked on.

Fucking snowflake.

[Grasswire2]

19. this guy is really impressive

Love it -- thanks for posting!

[tblue37]

20. Deafie here: could you provide a brief summary, please? Thanks.

[Nevilledog]

22. Captions

Link to tweet

[tblue37]

26. THANK YOU! The c.c. button on the UP video was grayed out for me. Where did you get a

captioned version?

[Nevilledog]

28. It's something you can do on Twitter

You request a specific account to add subtitles and voila.... It shows up.

[dixiechiken1]

25. Here's the full text...

So, what Senator Hawley wants is to go through his litany of criticisms of the Biden administration, and the truth is that every senator has that right without blocking the logistics guy from the Department of Defense. He could’ve brought his floor charts out here and given a withering speech about all of the things he thought went wrong. But he’s doing a very specific thing. He is damaging the Department of Defense. We have senior DoD leaders, we have the Armed Services Committee coming to us and saying, “I don’t know what to tell him, I don’t know how to satisfy him, but he is blocking the staffing of the senior leadership at the Department of Defense.”And this comes from a guy who raised his fist in solidarity with the insurrectionists. And this comes from a guy who, before the Russian invasion, suggested that maybe it would be wise for Zelensky to make a few concessions about Ukraine and their willingness to join NATO. This comes from a guy who just about a month ago voted against Ukraine aid! He’s saying it’s going too slow. He voted “no”! He voted “no” on Ukraine aid and now he has the gall to say it’s going too slow! And this final insult is that until, what, Secretary Austin resigns? That’s not a serious request.

People used to come to me during the Trump administration all the time. “Do you think Trump should resign? Do you think Tillerson should resign?” That’s a stupid–”Of course I think all the people I disagree should quit their jobs and be replaced with people I love. Of course I think they should all resign.” That’s not how this world works. That is not a reasonable request from a United States senator that, “Until the secretary of defense quits his job, I’m going to block all of his nominees.” That’s preposterous! And coming from a person who exonerated Donald Trump for extorting Zelensky for withholding lethal aid? They withheld lethal aid until, unless Zelensky would release false smears against Joe Biden’s son. And then he voted to exonerate President Trump for this. And so spare me the new solidarity with the Ukrainians and with the free world because this man’s record is exactly the opposite. I yield the floor.

https://www.mediaite.com/tv/josh-hawley-gets-absolutely-destroyed-on-senate-floor-by-brian-schatz/

Remember to read it with equal parts incredulity, exasperation, and no more f*cks to give to get the full effect.

[tblue37]

27. Thanks so much! nt

[mahina]

43. Here's the full clip too

I wish the author included the complete clip. It’s much more compelling

[dalton99a]

46. +1

[Hekate]

21. Nice ass- kicking!

[lees1975]

23. Hawley should resign.

[lastlib]

24. Bookmarked! Saving for Hawley's next election campaign.

[intheflow]

29. Pure poetry!

[niyad]

32. Just. . .WOW. Thank you so much.

[Onama Biden Man]

33. He absolutely nailed it

I live in Missouri and Hawley is a fucking embarrassment and disgrace to our state. I hope more senators call him out for the swarmy weasel that he is.

[demtenjeep]

40. and across the river we have roger marshall and jerry moran

grr

[mahina]

44. Hope you are able to share the complete clip in Mo.

Thank you 🤙🏼🙌

[LetMyPeopleVote]

34. Hawley is a traitor/insurrectionist

[onetexan]

35. This!! I just saw the replay on Morning Joe and damn, what a takedown of HeeHaw.

Great job Sen. Brian Schatz!! We need more Dems to call out the GQP's hypocrisy.

[mahina]

47. Did Joe show it from the beginning or the shortened clip that's been shared widely?

Thank you.

[Rebl2]

42. 👍👍👍

[Hulk]

37. The problem is....

...nobody hears this in the Senate chamber.

This needs to be said, and repeated over and over again, on the Sunday talk shows.

Democrats had better get a "propaganda zar" soon...and a good one! We need to counter their "slogan" bumper stick mentality, and resort to a blitz of facts AMD fiction. You fight fire with fire! These fuckers have US eating babies and inviting immigrants to flood our country...we need to counter that bull shit X 10!

[Caliman73]

38. It was a very good speech.

I would refrain from using words like "dismantled" or "eviscerated" or many of the words that social media loves to use. Hawley is an idiot and a hypocrite. Whether this speech or call outs about his really stupid actions and ideas "dismantle" him, will be decided during the next election he faces. If his constituents keep sending him back to the Senate, then the very good speech by Senator Schatz did not "dismantle" Hawley.

[Trust_Reality]

39. Well done

Hawley like most Republican politicians has zero integrity. Among all of their rotten attributes, the number one characteristic of Republican politicians is a total lack of integrity.

[dalton99a]

45. Excellent