U.S. Senator Josh (R-Mo.) filed a counter complaint Monday against seven Senate Democrats who called for an ethics investigation into his objection to certifying Pennsylvania’s electoral count. He says the Democrats admitted in their complaint that Hawley’s electoral college objection was lawful. In a letter to the seven Democratic Senators, Senator Hawley called out the senators for what he sees as their historic partisan abuse of the Senate ethics process and potential coordination with dark money groups.
Senator Hawley wrote, "The idea that one Senator who disagrees with another Senator can therefore have that Senator punished, sanctioned, censured, or removed is utterly antithetical to our democracy and the very idea of open, lawful debate. This line of thinking is, however, sadly consistent with the new woke-mob mentality that you should cancel anyone who disagrees with your views. Your baseless allegations are in that sense unfortunately typical of today’s leftwing cancel culture, a culture that tramples on the democratic traditions that left and right once defended together.
"In light of the shameful abuse of the ethics process you have deliberately engaged in, I have considered whether I should call for you to resign or be expelled from the Senate. But I continue to believe in the First Amendment, which the US Supreme Court has repeatedly said protects even ‘offensive’ and malicious speech, such as yours.
"The First Amendment does not, however, give you carte blanche to abuse the Senate ethics process. I have today filed a complaint with the ethics committee that details your deliberate and partisan abuse of this process, including your apparent coordination with various dark money groups, and requests that you be appropriately disciplined."
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