A planned February fundraiser in Florida for U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley was canceled Saturday as hotel chain Loews Hotels decided to pull out of the event. The Loews cancelation was among the latest examples of fallout facing Republicans following the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. It came after liberal Florida attorney Daniel Uhlfelder obtained a flyer for the Hawley event and posted it online, referring to Hawley as a "traitor" and asking the hotel chain why it was supporting the Missouri Republican. After Uhlfelder posted the flyer online, Democratic lawmakers and anti-Trump groups put pressure on the hotel chain, the Sentinel reported. In an op-ed Wednesday, Hawley also pushed back at the notion that he had helped incite the violence on Jan. 6.

Source: Fox News January 17, 2021 08:59 UTC