ICYMI Senator Brian Schatz Told Josh Hawley To Go Fuck Himself Last Week
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ICYMI Senator Brian Schatz, a Hawaii Democrat, blasted GOP Senator Josh Hawley over his efforts to block President Joe Biden‘s Defense Department nominations in a video clip that has been viewed more than 3 million times on Twitter.
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On Thursday, Schatz took to the Senate floor to strongly criticize and condemn Hawley. The remarks came after the Missouri Republican said he would continue to block the nominees due to a “Joe Biden problem.” Hawley also said his position would remain the same “until there is accountability, until we have a change in policy.”
In a video shared to Twitter by Schatz’s communications aide, Sam Jeske, the Democratic senator said Hawley “is damaging the Department of Defense.” The Hawaii lawmaker then referenced a now-infamous image of Hawley from January 6, 2021, saying, “And this comes from a guy who raised his fist in solidarity with the insurrectionists.”
Schatz argued that Hawley’s request for “accountability” was not reasonable—pointing out that he’s demanded that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin resign. Last September, Hawley told CNN that he’d continue to hold up nominees unless Austin stepped down from his post.
“That’s not a serious request,” Schatz said in his attack on Hawley’s position. “People used to come to me during the Trump administration all the time. ‘Do you think Trump should resign? Do you think [former Secretary of State Rex] Tillerson should resign?’ Of course I think all the people I disagree with should quit their jobs and be replaced with people I love.”
Schatz continued, “Of course I think they should all resign. That’s not how this world works. That is not a reasonable request from a United States senator that, until the secretary of defense quits his job, I’m going to block all of his nominees. That’s preposterous.”
Hawley is rumored to be considering a 2024 presidential run and has received substantial criticism in the wake of the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by Donald Trump supporters. As Schatz mentioned, a photo of Hawley raising his fist in support of the demonstrators went viral after the events of that day. The GOP senator also led the effort in the Senate to object to President Joe Biden’s victory in several key swing states.
