O'FALLON, Mo. – O'A Republican colleague rebuked him on the Senate floor. A home-state newspaper editorial board declared he has "blood on his hands.” But for Josh Hawley, the Missouri senator who staged an Electoral College challenge that became the focus of a violent siege of the Capitol, the words of his political mentor were the most personal. “Supporting Josh Hawley ...
was the worst decision I’ve ever made in my life," former Missouri Sen. John Danforth told The Associated Press on Thursday. “He has consciously appealed to the worst.
He has attempted to drive us apart and he has undermined public belief in our democracy. And that’s great damage.”Aside from President Donald Trump, who roiled up supporters just before they stormed the.