Photo of Senator Hawley.
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (D-CA) raised objections to the Pennsylvania electoral vote results at a joint session of Congress on January 6. Not only was the move attacked by Democrats, but some major corporations stopped contributing to Hawley’s re-election campaign. Nonetheless, Hawley’s office announced that his fundraising has surged in the last month, adding 12,000 new contributors.
The office of Sen. Hawley, a Missouri Republican, released a memo Monday (Feb. 1) showing his campaign netted nearly a million dollars in January and saying 12,000 new donors came on board.
The memo said, “We recently conducted a statewide voter survey in Missouri and (the results) are very good news for Senator Hawley. Despite (his) attacks from the national Democratic Party, special interest groups and many media outlets, the majority of Missouri voters rallied behind Senator Hawley.”
The memo also says this is also reflected in the fundraising numbers for the past month. Despite the buzz about corporate political action committees stopping their support for Hawley and three donors drawing a line in the sand with Hawley, “financial support for Hawley’s campaign has surged: nearly a million dollars raised in January and thousands of new donors.”
The campaign has now raised about $2.1 million as Hawley intends to seek re-election in 2022.
“It is clear that the majority of Missouri voters and donors are firmly on Senator Hawley’s side, despite the constant and misguided attacks from the radical left.” Hawley pollster Wes Anderson said.
Hawley’s team said he received the fundraising money despite “aggressive attacks from Democrats across the country” after he opposed certifying Pennsylvania’s electoral votes on Jan. 6.
While it is perfectly legal under the Constitution for senators to challenge individual state results, and Democrats have made similar challenges in past presidential elections, some Democrats allege that Hawley’s opposition to certifying Pennsylvania’s election results on Jan. 6 led to the riots at the Capitol.
In the wake of the events at the Capitol, several businesses announced they were suspending or stopping funding for those Republicans who opposed certifying the election results on Jan. 6.
A poll of Missouri voters found that 57 percent agreed that Hawley was within his constitutional responsibility to challenge Pennsylvania’s 20 electoral votes.
Hawley condemned the Capitol violence, but he also said he will never apologize for speaking out on behalf of the millions of Missourians and Americans who are concerned about the integrity of America’s elections.
“This is my job, and I will continue to do it.” Hawley said in a statement last month.
Hawley was the first senator to announce he would challenge the results of individual states’ general elections before a joint session of Congress was held Jan. 6. Hawley said the voices of millions of voters concerned about the integrity of the election need to be heard and that someone has to stand up for them.
He later added that he was not trying to overturn the election results, but was simply concerned about the integrity of the election.
Hawley was widely considered a possible candidate for the U.S. presidency in 2024, but he told the media last week that he would not try to run in 2024.
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