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TexasTowelie

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Sat Feb 6, 2021, 10:43 AM Feb 2021

World & Nation California Rep. Josh Harder faces anger intended for Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley

WASHINGTON — A California Democrat wants voters across the nation to know an important piece of information: He’s not Josh Hawley.

Since Jan. 6, Rep. Josh Harder (D-Turlock) has been besieged with phone calls, emails, letters and tweets excoriating him for voting against the certification of President Joe Biden’s victory.

Harder voted to certify Biden’s win — along with every Democrat in the House and Senate. But the Modesto-area Democrat’s name is close enough to that of the Missouri GOP senator that he has become an accidental vessel for some voters’ wrath.

“I would like to take this moment to remind Twitter that I am Josh Harder, not (Josh Hawley),” he tweeted in January.

Read more: https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-06/california-rep-josh-harder-faces-anger-intended-for-sen-josh-hawley

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World & Nation California Rep. Josh Harder faces anger intended for Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley (Original Post) TexasTowelie Feb 2021 OP
Shakes head on this one . . . Iliyah Feb 2021 #1
Note to self-- our haters can be as ignorant as theirs. TreasonousBastard Feb 2021 #2
People need to think Harder before they do stuff like this!!! texasfiddler Feb 2021 #3
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