If Josh Hawley (R-MO) were a Democrat he would be hailed by the media and feted by Hollywood celebrities. He's everything Democrats want in a candidate. Young, attractive and well spoken. If he were a Democrat he would be instantly hailed as a potential 2020 presidential candidate. But because he's a Republican he won't get star treatment anywhere. No doubt he may even get his own taste of the vicious, hate-filled harassment that has greeted other GOP officials.
But Hawley has a message that won't be silenced just because of media and celebrity derision. His victory speech Tuesday night laid out a program for restoring American values to our political system:
Hawley's defeat of McCaskill was made possible by Democrats over the top opposition to the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Every Democrat running in a red state that voted against Kavanaugh was defeated on Tuesday night. They paid a huge price for the circus of lies and hate they created. And one thing we know, they haven't learned that lesson!
HAWLEY: THIS HAS BEEN ABOUT OUR WAY OF LIFE, THE HEARTLAND WAY OF LIFE. IT HAS BEEN ABOUT THE WAY OF LIFE THAT BUILT THIS COUNTRY. THE WAY OF LIFE THAT SUSTAINED THIS STATE. THE WAY OF LIFE BUILT AROUND OUR CHURCHES, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND OUR SCHOOLS. I SAID THIS WAS ABOUT DEFENDING OUR WAY OF LIFE, RENEWING IT FOR A NEW DAY. IT IS NOT THE PAST, IT IS THE FUTURE. IT DOESN'T REPRESENT SOMETHING GONE FOREVER. IT REPRESENTS THE BEST OF AMERICA. TONIGHT, THE PEOPLE OF MISSOURI SET OUR VALUES ARE GOING TO RENEW THIS COUNTRY. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE ABOUT, THAT IS WHAT WE ARE FOR, THAT IS WHAT THIS RACE HAS BEEN FOR.
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