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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGOP Senator Who Egged On Insurrectionists Introduces Bill About Loving America
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Jennifer Bendery
@jbendery
Good day! 🥂
Sen. Josh Hawley, who voted to overturn the presidential election + raised his fist in solidarity with white supremacists just before they attacked the Capitol to stop Joe Biden from becoming prez, just introduced a bill about loving America.
GOP Senator Who Egged On Insurrectionists Introduces Bill About Loving America
Josh Hawleys legislation isnt even about patriotism. Its about pandering and whitewashing American history.
huffpost.com
10:50 AM · Jul 26, 2021
Jennifer Bendery
@jbendery
Good day! 🥂
Sen. Josh Hawley, who voted to overturn the presidential election + raised his fist in solidarity with white supremacists just before they attacked the Capitol to stop Joe Biden from becoming prez, just introduced a bill about loving America.
GOP Senator Who Egged On Insurrectionists Introduces Bill About Loving America
Josh Hawleys legislation isnt even about patriotism. Its about pandering and whitewashing American history.
huffpost.com
10:50 AM · Jul 26, 2021
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/josh-hawley-insurrection-critical-race-theory_n_60fed63ae4b05ff8cfcb045f?vv
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) perhaps best known as the U.S. senator who raised his fist in solidarity before a mob of white supremacists and Donald Trump supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 to try to stop Joe Biden from being certified as president introduced a bill on Monday that he says is about promoting peoples love of America.
The Love America Act would promote patriotism in education by not allowing federal money to go to any public schools that teach students about how white supremacy or racism played a role in the founding the United States. It would also require schools that receive federal dollars to ensure that students can read and recite portions of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Pledge of Allegiance at certain grade levels.
We cannot afford for our children to lose faith in the noble ideals this country was founded on, Hawley said in a statement. We have to make sure that our children understand what makes this country great, the ideals of hope and promise our Founding Fathers fought for, and the love of country that unites us all.
Hawley was one of 147 Republicans who rejected American democracy on Jan. 6 by voting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election a move that was based on the lie about voter fraud that fueled the insurrection in the first place. The attack that day resulted in more than 140 police officers being injured and another three dying.
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GOP Senator Who Egged On Insurrectionists Introduces Bill About Loving America (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Jul 2021
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Hawley will come to a bad end. He's already blown at least 14 minutes of hes 15 minutes.
marble falls
Jul 2021
#9
Diamond_Dog
(31,895 posts)1. He ought to try reading the Constitution, himself!
Lovie777
(12,215 posts)2. fake asshole . ..
Nevilledog
(50,986 posts)4. I disagree. He's a very real asshole.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)3. Well, that's rich.
I need a new senator.
Crunchy Frog
(26,574 posts)5. Maybe he could introduce a bill establishing a Ministry nt Love. nt
blm
(113,005 posts)6. Hawley doesn't love America enough to respect the truth of its history.
Hawley doesnt respect Americans enough to honor them with the truth. Lying to American citizens is an act of disrespect and shows hatred towards them.
Walleye
(30,935 posts)7. Does that include loving Democrats? We are Americans
Nothing could make people lose faith in our noble ideals more than an insurrection at the capital to interrupt the peaceful transfer of power.I recited the Gettysburg address in front of school in third grade. Lets have them learn that speech. Or Letters from the Birmingham jail
BlueJac
(7,838 posts)8. Take a seat you asshole,
I heard you were educated, I guess not, you are a dumbass!
marble falls
(56,996 posts)9. Hawley will come to a bad end. He's already blown at least 14 minutes of hes 15 minutes.
Midnight Writer
(21,693 posts)10. The GOP is the Party of Stunts. It is all they have.
Solly Mack
(90,758 posts)11. Fuck him