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It is useful context for people who aren't American to know how ridiculous Josh Hawley is, and has always been. The current authoritarian chaos could lend some weight to the possibility that this becomes law, but it is still unlikely.


> It is useful context for people who aren't American to know how ridiculous Josh Hawley is, and has always been

You could write this sentence about the current President. And yet, he was elected. So much of the EOs and bills passed recently are utterly absurd — and while that perhaps stops some of them, it has far from stopped all of them.

Stop giving the GOP a free pass because it is "ridiculous". The Overton window of "ridiculous bills" is moving at a breakneck pace as it is. These people ought to be leaders. Hold them to account. Unelect them, ideally, though clearly my fellow Americans do not agree with me on that point.


> It is useful context for people who aren't American to know how ridiculous Josh Hawley is, and has always been.

Hawley looks like a clown and acts like a clown but he knows how to play the game. The only two things the guy talks about is how much he loves israel and hates china. With those credentials, he might be president one day.


Yes, this is the same guy that was photographed raising his fist to the crowed, but then seen in video scurrying away from the scary crowd


Good rule of thumb: when something seems too stupid to actually happen, it's time to accept it'll probably happen.


Check his raised fist salute here, and the entire article:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Hawley


is he ? he's a pretty smart guy - with tyrant tendencies. he is toe dipping to see what he can push through. with how things are going he might be up next to be the next extremist president.


Funny we used to say that about Trump. There are moments in history when anything can happen.




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