Hawley files ethics counter-complaint against seven Dem senators

[DonViejo]

"I have considered whether I should call for you to resign or be expelled from the Senate,” Hawley wrote to the Democrats.

By QUINT FORGEY

01/25/2021 07:13 AM EST

Sen. Josh Hawley on Monday filed a counter-complaint with the Senate Ethics Committee against the seven Senate Democrats who had previously filed a complaint against him and Sen. Ted Cruz over the two Republicans’ objections to the results of the 2020 presidential election.

“The idea that one Senator who disagrees with another Senator can therefore have that Senator punished, sanctioned, censured, or removed is utterly antithetical to our democracy and the very idea of open, lawful debate,” Hawley (R-Mo.) wrote in a letter to the seven Democrats.

Hawley’s counter-complaint comes after Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) — joined by Sens. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio.) — wrote to the Ethics committee last Thursday requesting an investigation of Hawley and Cruz (R-Texas), who led Republican efforts in the Senate to challenge President Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory.

It was during Congress’ certification of Biden’s win that a mob of pro-Trump rioters stormed the Capitol, breaching the building’s walls and temporarily halting the proceedings. Lawmakers were forced to shelter-in-place as both chambers went into lockdown, and at least five people died as a result of the violence — including a Capitol police officer.

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https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/25/hawley-ethics-complaint-democrats-462053

[SheltieLover]

1. Eat shit & die Hawley comes to mind.

THIS is what happens when traitors / insurrectionists are coddled.

So fing sick of this!

[lagomorph777]

2. Going down with guns blazing.

This won't end well for that piece of shit.

[Botany]

3. "if you find yourself in a hole, stop digging"

The first law of holes, or the law of holes, is an adage which states: "if you find yourself in a hole,
stop digging". Digging a hole makes it deeper and therefore harder to get out of, which is used as
a metaphor that when in an untenable position, it is best to stop carrying on and exacerbating the
situation.

[underpants]

11. He's barely known a world without Fox News

definitely not talk radio. He has learned to fire right back. Countercharge.

[Kid Berwyn]

4. Something got to Little Hitler

Toss his pimply ass out of the Senate of the United States so he can be free to fondle his Ralph Reed Garbage Patch doll all day long.

[Liberal In Texas]

5. He's auditioning to the next Fascist Cheetolini. n/t

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

6. Hawley is lying, again.

7 Senate Democrats Ask Ethics Panel to Investigate Cruz, Hawley
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The Democratic senators said the question for the Senate to determine was not whether Cruz and Hawley had the right to object, but whether the senators failed to put loyalty "to the highest moral principles and to country above loyalty to persons, party or government department." They also said the investigation should determine whether Cruz, of Texas, and Hawley, of Missouri, engaged in "improper conduct reflecting on the Senate."
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The Democratic senators said Cruz and Hawley announced their intentions to object, even though they knew that claims of election fraud were baseless and had led to threats of violence.

"Their actions lend credence to the insurrectionists' cause and set the stage for future violence. And both senators used their objections for political fundraising," the Democratic senators said in their letter.

https://www.voanews.com/2020-usa-votes/7-senate-democrats-ask-ethics-panel-investigate-cruz-hawley

[Iliyah]

7. Open discovery, and it won't be in favor of Hawley . . ..

[TigressDem]

8. Has Hawley EVER READ the 14th Amendment? AND if NOT how is he using it to counter sue?

THIS IS NOT ABOUT DISAGREEING.

DEMS disagree with a LOT of what you say on a daily basis.

THIS IS ABOUT YOU BEING SUPPORTIVE OF AN INSURRECTION you buffoon.

YOU FIST BUMPED to people ready to come in and KILL PEOPLE.

SHUT UP.


GO AWAY.

[handmade34]

9. this is more than merely a "disagreement"

[Walleye]

10. The old "I'm rubber and you're glue"defense.What law school did he go to

[madaboutharry]

12. Yale

Same law school as Kavanaugh. Go figure.

[oasis]

13. Bring it on. There's no defense for inciting a mob

resulting in loss of life.