GOP Senator Josh Hawley wants to put focus on a debate about election integrity after the last election was marred by various claims of fraud and election irregularities in key battleground states.
The Missouri senator earlier objected to the result of the Electoral College vote that confirmed Democrat Joe Biden’s win “in order to have a debate about election integrity.
“I think we need election reforms. I think we need to ban ballot harvesting. I think we need to take a hard look at how the mail in balloting was administered in many of these states, including Pennsylvania, which did not follow their own law,” the senator told Fox News host Mark Levin.
“What the liberals have said is, ‘because you did that, you effectively incited violence [Jan. 6],’” Hawley added. “That’s a lie. They know it’s a lie.”
“They said, ‘he wanted to overturn the election.’ That’s a lie. They know that it’s a lie. They said that, you know, ‘It’s equivalent to a violent insurrection, the objection you raised.’ That’s a lie. They know that it’s a lie,” he continued.
In his show, Levin also raised how extreme left Democrats like the “Squad” are being given “free pass” compared to the backlash being received by Republicans by not “conforming” with what liberals want.
“AOC and [Rashida] Tlaib and [Ayanna] Pressley and others on the Democrat side in the House, it appears they can say just about anything they want to say to anybody,” the show host said.
“They can make these outrageous allegations about this country. They can make outrageous allegations about their colleagues, honestly. They can make outrageous allegations about the state of Israel for which there’s no pushback, for which their colleagues don’t seek any kind of recrimination whatsoever,” he added.
Meanwhile, Senator Hawley said he objected to the Electoral College vote from Pennsylvania because of “legitimate issues” contrary to claims of Democrats which he said was only meant to “silence” their opponents in Washington.
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