"laughingstock" "video will surely follow him the rest of his life" KANSAS CITY STAR EDITORIAL BOARD

[Demovictory9]

https://www.kansascity.com/opinion/editorials/article263718073.html

Josh Hawley is a laughingstock.

During Thursday night’s televised hearings of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, coup attempt at the U.S. Capitol, Rep. Elaine Luria played video of Missouri’s junior senator that will surely follow him the rest of his life.

In the clip, Hawley sprints across a hallway as he and his fellow senators are evacuated after insurrectionists had breached the Capitol building. When it went across the screen, the audience in the room with the committee erupted in laughter.

Of course, Twitter immediately dogpiled. Hawley’s name was the No. 1 trending topic in politics that evening as users shared the hashtag #HawlinAss along with GIFs of a galloping Forrest Gump. “From now on, if political reporters ask Josh Hawley if he’s planning to run, he’s going to have to ask them to clarify,” quipped one.

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[BlackSkimmer]

1. Love it!

Thanks for posting this!

[dalton99a]

2. Kick

[efhmc]

35. What I find doubly amusing is Hawley's "defiant" fist salute while in a safe place and THEN his

panicked run to safety when he is being attacked by the same mob he saluted.

[greatauntoftriplets]

3. It couldn't have happened to a more deserving asshole.

[brer cat]

16. +++

I hope he is laughed out of office.

[The Jungle 1]

4. Run Forrest Run

Wow that is so fitting. I guess the only difference is Forrest was running away from bullies but they weren't bullies he created.
Run Hawley Run

[Hermit-The-Prog]

5. Boogity boogity chickenhawk ...

[3825-87867]

6. The Josh Hawley Uvalde Police Two-Step

A friend texted this.

[Hotler]

7. $500.00 for charity to the first Democratic Senator to put the Benny Hill Theme song

on their phone and play it loudly while following Hawley in the halls and record it and post it.

[Ponietz]

9. Yakety Sax!

[Hotler]

14. Thanks, I did not know that. nt

[Lulu KC]

18. hahahaha n/t

[BidenRocks]

29. Boots Randolph on the sax!

He rarely gets accreditation.

[thomski64]

30. Boots Randolph

[CottonBear]

41. Hugh Grant tweeted a request to blast Yaketh Sax outside Westminster:

Link to tweet

?

[BumRushDaShow]

28. ...

Link to tweet

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Josh Hawley running away to a variety of soundtracks.

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[Hotler]

32. Thank you, perfect for Friday funnies.

[msfiddlestix]

8. Great OpEd. Kind of surprises me from Kansas City Mo. Newspaper

I remember that paper issuing a number of schorching articles on Hawley at that time. They were absolutely spot on. calling for him to resign if I recall correctly.

I had forgotten about Hawley's Manly book. the publisher ought to be publicly shamed humiliated for agreeing to publish.


And oh by the way to Hawley fans lurking: Rights to Free Speech doesn't mean what you seem to think it means.

[Whiskeytide]

24. Insecure people always try to play up their shortcomings. The ...

… fact that he felt the need to write a book about traditional/patriarchal manliness says a lot.

[msfiddlestix]

40. indeed. Good point. He's a deeply distrubed pos.

[KPN]

63. That's exactly my first thought when I heard about his book. It's

so transparent and predictable from these weak beings.

[Lonestarblue]

10. I hope this ends his presidential ambitions.

He isn’t qualified for any political position at any level. What a dweeb.

[thomski64]

52. A Senator dweeb from Missouri

to be Prez was in a big hurry
while the Truth he resisted,
and the Country he fisted,
when the mob came for him, he did scurry

[56miSSie]

65. Clever, thomski64!

[keithbvadu2]

11. He was not running to greet the 'peaceful tourists'?

He was not running to greet the 'peaceful tourists'?

[H2O Man]

12. Recommended.

[ChazInAz]

13. ...And brave Sir Robin

Ran and ran and ran!

[DBoon]

49. for your viewing pleasure

[Pinback]

15. Count Rugen

[colorado_ufo]

60. "Hello . . . my name is Liz Cheney . . . you tried to kill democracy . . .

prepare to be humiliated forever!"

[Pinback]

64. Chances that a Cheney could brighten our spirits:

Incontheevable!

[Deuxcents]

70. :-))

[ShazzieB]

17. I did not know he had a new book out.

What a joke!

[grumpyduck]

19. Yeah, and someone probably ghost-wrote it for him.

Just a guess, butt it wouldn't surprise me at all.

[Sky Jewels]

33. This is just too good.

[Solomon]

53. Ain't it? The schadenfreud is strong with this one.

[not fooled]

51. That statue

pings my gaydar. Probably not what Hawlin' Hawley intended.

[smb]

58. It Needs More Appropriate Cover Art

Current Edition vs Proposed Revised Edition:

[barbtries]

20. twitter is gold today.

#hawlinAss to Chariots of Fire, the Benny Hill theme, and many more. hilarious.

[Moostache]

21. One can only hope it was his "Stillson" moment

From "The Dead Zone"...hiding behind a baby/human shield.

Couldn't happen to a more worthy target of derision.

[PatSeg]

22. As soon as I saw the word "laughingstock",

I KNEW it was about Josh Hawley. That pretty much sums it all up. The Jan 6 committee has been brilliant. Hawley won't recuperate from this for a very long time, if ever. Insurrection has its consequences!

[Blue Owl]

23. I hope that from henceforth, whenever Josh goes out in public....

There is pointing and laughing……

[Whiskeytide]

25. Was it a rabbit? ...

…

[Kid Berwyn]

26. Hawlin' Ass

He answers to “Chickenshit Traitor,” too.

[tishaLA]

27. The only verbs used to describe what he did

should be "scamper" and "scurry." "Sprint" and "run" don't capture it IMO.

[BonnieJW]

48. Prance

Nt

[murielm99]

71. How about "scuttle?"

My cat scuttles when he hears thunder.

[Rebl2]

31. The

Running man🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️

[Chainfire]

34. He was running to join the Capitol Police that were fighting to defend the Capitol.....

[geardaddy]

36. Here's the audience reaction to the video

Link to tweet

[LiberalFighter]

37. An example of a weenie.

[karynnj]

38. I agree the video with music is funny, but what should haunt him is the Fist raised in the air

Hawley for totally political reasons opted to be the dissenting Republican Senator - even though at times he seemed to admit that he knew Trump lost.

If we are lucky enough to keep our democracy, that coup and the people attacking their own capitol will likely become increasingly toxic. Consider that where Democrats used the words and images of JFK and RFK and Republicans the image of Reagan and are busy trying to rehab the Bushes (and seeming to succeed especially with GHWB), I can not think of any Republican using Nixon or his words in their campaigns. Trump is MUCH worse than Nixon -- and Nixon was pretty bad.

Remember that it was not all the things like extending the Vietnam War for 5 years to get nearly the same outcome, but things he did related to the 1972 campaign that led to him being a pariah. At some point, I wonder if Republicans in general will come to the opinion of very conservative people who were 100% behind Trump in his administration that found January 6 beyond the Pale. The out for many of those testifying was to reject the narcissist temper tantrum prone tyrant while adhering to the idea that THEIR ADMINISTRATION did many many good things. ie reject Trump, keep Trumpism with someone like Desantis.

Hawley, who has seen himself as a future President may be dogged - not be a video of him running out (as his peers also had to do), but by giving that fist bump AND using that photo for self promotion.

[TygrBright]

39. Good. Of all the weasels in the GOP sack, he most reminds me of der junge Schicklgruber. n/t

[Frustratedlady]

42. As someone said, "That's his Forrest Gump run".

His next run for office will be hilarious! People don't forget.

I'll bet Claire M. had a good chuckle.

[demtenjeep]

67. I would love to hear her thoughts

has she said anything?

[Snoopy 7]

43. GOP

Maybe Herschel Walker, Heisman Trophy winner, can use the Josh silhouette to help his campaign (hahaha)

[BannonsLiver]

44. Should we be fear shaming him though?

[Going to Canada]

45. On his tomb stone?

[Victor_c3]

46. No surprise, typical republican chicken hawk

History has shown that republican voters have no problem supporting chicken hawks.

This is just another example of it.

Edit to add:

I love the laughter from the attending audience!!

[demtenjeep]

66. all in unison

it was awesome

[The Polack MSgt]

47. Josh Hawley and Sir Robin have the same rhythm, 3 syllables

So some one more talented than me should rework the minstrels from The Holy Grail

[Handler]

50. He should be the poster boy for all republicans

[Scalded Nun]

54. And the citizens of Missouri will still re-elect that shitbag.

[Demovictory9]

57. Yeah 😥

[Danascot]

55. He's become a running joke.

[Demovictory9]

56. His own fault..he rode that fist photo knowing helater ran from the magas

[Martin68]

59. Hilarious!

[Silent3]

61. I hope he's plagued for the rest of his (hopefully short) political career...

...by protestors blasting Yakety Sax (aka Bennie Hill closing theme) wherever he goes.

[Red Mountain]

62. When you're always posing you're going to slip up occasionally

kind of like lying. It gets hard to remember them all after a while.

[nakocal]

68. Josh Hawley, always running away from the truth

[Cha]

69. Lol! 😂

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