“I read George Will religiously,” Hawley later wrote about the columnist, whose work has long appeared in The Washington Post. Only later, like a number of other key figures in Hawley’s life, would she decide that she had been misled. Andrea Randle, a former classmate of Hawley, wrote to the senator urging him to speak out after the police killing of George Floyd. “We love Josh Hawley because he stands up for Missouri’s values,” said Wanda Marteen, 78, who organized the event. We feel like it was fraudulent.”The dinner was Hawley's first public appearance in the state since the events of Jan. 6.

Source: Washington Post May 11, 2021 09:56 UTC