Josh Hawley Has a Masculinity Problem

July 29, 2022, 4:04 PM UTC

Poor Josh Hawley. Try as he might, it seems he’ll never live up to his ideals of masculine glory.

How embarrassing for the strapping young senator from Missouri to be branded the “fleeing coward” of the Capitol insurrection—by his hometown newspaper, no less. Hawley earned that moniker, and others, when the Jan. 6 committee showed his famous fist pump in solidarity with the crowd gathering before the uprising, followed by footage of him sprinting out of the Capitol as the rioters got out of control.

Not exactly a profile in courage. But it sure was funny.

Even Ted ...

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