FOUR Times Hawley Said One Thing Then Did Another

Josh Hawley will do whatever it takes to help himself – even if that means saying one thing but doing the opposite. Here are four times he’s gone back on his word since launching his campaign:

1. Hawley Claimed He Wanted to Protect Coverage for Pre-existing Conditions But Joined Lawsuit to End Those Protections.

St. Louis Public Radio: Hawley says he “want[s] to require insurance companies to cover pre-existing conditions. But McCaskill points to Hawley’s involvement in a lawsuit filed by a number of Republican state attorneys general that, among other things, would end the Affordable Care Act’s protections for pre-existing conditions.”

St. Louis American: Hawley slammed for lawsuit that could end coverage for preexisting conditions.

2. Hawley Claimed He Wanted to Strengthen Sunshine Laws But Paid Attorneys to Hide His Public Records.

Kansas City Star: Hawley campaign paid attorneys to screen Mizzou emails for public release.

“A Mizzou spokesman described Hawley’s use of outside attorneys to review the emails as “very rare.” Officials at the university could not remember a time in recent history where this had been done before.”

“Hawley has asked the Missouri state legislature to strengthen the Sunshine Law to give him subpoena power and the authority to enforce the state’s records retention law.”

3. Hawley Rails Against DC and California But Constantly Fundraises in DC and California.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Hawley, who said Washington ‘doesn’t even pretend to listen to us,’ will raise money in D.C.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Hawley, who slammed McCaskill for raising money in California, raises money in California. 

4. Hawley Claimed Not to be a Ladder-Climbing Politician, Then Ran for Higher Office Less Than One Year After Being Elected Attorney General.

Columbia Missoulian: “To make such a short career in state government only to run for a federal office is certainly the mark of a politician who wants to move up the ranks as quickly as possible.”

St. Louis Public Radio: “Hawley’s decision is something of an about-face for someone who criticized ‘career politicians’ who ‘climbed up the ladder.’”

Springfield News-Leader: Hawley “railed against ‘career politicians just climbing the ladder,’ a slogan that has come back to haunt him as he seeks higher office less than a year after becoming Missouri’s attorney general.”

“Josh Hawley will say or do anything to get elected,” said Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee spokesman David Bergstein. “His self-interested actions are on clear display and Missourians won’t let him get away with using them for political gain.”

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