Speaking on Monday night, Hawley at first avoided questions about whether he was trying to overturn an election and thereby disenfranchise millions of Americans, insisting he was objecting to the handling of the presidential election in states including Pennsylvania. “I just want to pin you down,” the anchor Bret Baier said, eventually, “on on what you’re trying to do. The states, by the constitution, they certify the election, they did certify it by the constitution. Demanding he drop his objection, they said they sang, lit candles and delivered a copy of the US constitution. Hawley, in Missouri at the time, complained that “Antifa scumbags” had “threatened my wife and newborn daughter, who can’t travel.

Source: The Guardian January 05, 2021 14:03 UTC