On Thursday night, the January 6 committee played awesome images Senator’s joseph hawley (R-MO) on the run from a pro-Trump vigilante mob seen raging just hours earlier.
Although the video clearly shows the Republican lawmaker running away, almost 24 hours later, he promised a group of young conservative activists that he would not “run away” from a battle.
“Hey listen, I know what I’m talking about because I had it done,” he proudly declared in US turning point summer conference in Tampa, Florida, on Friday night, referring to being called a “traitor” for pushing for “electoral integrity.” “I opposed the state of Pennsylvania on January 6 of last year,” he boasted.
“And I just want to say to all those liberals and the liberal media, in case you haven’t gotten the message yet, I don’t regret it,” Hawley continued. “And I’m not going to back down. I’m not going to apologize, I’m not going to chicken out, I’m not going to run away from you.”
“I’m not going to bend the knee,” he concluded.
The comments come as both Hawley and former President Donald Trump are trying to push back the January 6 bombshell hearing.
On Thursday night, Trump had a late-night meltdown on his social networking site, Truth Social.
“I had an election rigged and stolen from me and our country. America is going to hell,” he said furiously after midnight. “Am I supposed to be happy?”
A source close to the former president told The Daily Beast during the hearing that Trump has expressed continued frustration at the “one-sided forum,” which provides no opportunity for “cross-examination” or Trump’s ability to “present [his] side.”
“There is no court in this country where that is allowed,” said the source, who speaks regularly with Trump.
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