# Hey, Josh Hawley! Fuck you! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 10, 2021, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-josh-hawley-fuck-you/930166 "2021-01-10T03:26:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2021, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-josh-hawley-fuck-you/930166/41 "2021-01-11T16:50:30Z")
> [@DMC](#): > > Simon & Schuster wouldn’t publish my epic tome, “Josh Hawley is a Stabby, Rapey Shit-Goblin”, and I could sure use some legal counsel in my first amendment case against them. Think he’ll be my lawyer? My favorite response to this claim of Orwellian oppression was: “This isn’t the same at all. For one thing, Orwell had a publisher.” ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2021, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-josh-hawley-fuck-you/930166/42 "2021-01-11T16:53:07Z")
You guys are awful. It calls to mind the great scene in “Lincoln”: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/qRBmwljrHWw/maxresdefault.jpg "Lincoln ETHAN ALLEN STORY") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRBmwljrHWw) ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-josh-hawley-fuck-you/930166/43 "2021-01-15T21:33:03Z")
Has there been any more fallout for Mr. Hawley? I assume there’s no chance he’ll resign but maybe he won’t get reelected? ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-josh-hawley-fuck-you/930166/44 "2021-01-16T05:26:36Z")
A poll on whether he should resign showed a roughly even split in Missouri (given the margin of error - it was actually 51% in favor). If he ran today I suspect he’d lose. However he is only a third of the way into his term - he won’t be running again until the next presidential election and that’s a longgg time in politics. Since he cannot be recalled he has plenty of time to get his pale red state back on his side. There are senators calling for him and Cruz in particular to be censured, which is quite possible - it only requires a majority vote. But it also doesn’t really amount to much and no doubt it would be spun as partisan pettiness if it was a straight party-line vote. There have also been calls to expel them which isn’t very likely to happen. Like impeachment that requires a 2/3 vote in the Senate. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-josh-hawley-fuck-you/930166/45 "2021-01-17T03:07:45Z")
More backlash for GOP’s Hawley as Loews Hotel cancels event- > **[More backlash for GOP's Hawley as Loews Hotel cancels event](https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-michael-brown-orlando-electoral-college-3a8bdd017c0a65baf0d97571783a461d)** > > ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Loews Hotels said Saturday it has canceled an upcoming fundraiser for U.S. Sen... ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-josh-hawley-fuck-you/930166/46 "2021-01-17T03:10:54Z")
He is determined to win the idiot racist vote. > “If these corporations don’t want conservatives to speak, they should just be honest about it. But to equate leading a debate on the floor of the Senate with inciting violence is a lie, and it’s dangerous. Josh, if you are okay with the violent overturning of an election you should just be honest about it. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-josh-hawley-fuck-you/930166/47 "2021-01-17T04:06:43Z")
Raises fist in air to Josh. Middle finger extended. Traitor. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-josh-hawley-fuck-you/930166/48 "2021-01-18T22:55:20Z")
I’m pretty sure this won’t be nearly as lucrative nor as bolstering-his-conservative-bona-fides-impactful as Mr. Hawley prolly hoped, so there’s that: > **[Sen. Josh Hawley has new publisher for 'Big Tech' book](https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-politics-ted-cruz-josh-hawley-a7624b3898d5fa7f155303336477f3f7)** > > NEW YORK (AP) — Sen. Josh Hawley has found a new publisher after his book was dropped by Simon & Schuster in the wake of the siege of the U... ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-josh-hawley-fuck-you/930166/49 "2021-01-18T23:01:45Z")
He could have had his book serialized in any number of sympathetic magazines, like _Horse & Hound Magazine_, _Horse & Rider Magazine_, _The Horse Magazine_, or _Everything Horse Magazine_, among many others. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-josh-hawley-fuck-you/930166/50 "2021-01-18T23:08:10Z")
I’m glad to see that his ‘first amendment rights’ have been restored… 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-josh-hawley-fuck-you/930166/51 "2021-01-18T23:22:17Z")
Regnery, publisher of such blockbusters as - The Biden Deception: Moderate, Opportunist, or the Democrats’ Crypto-Socialist? - Erasing America: Losing Our Future by Destroying Our Past - Obsession: Inside the Washington Establishment’s Never-Ending War on Trump - The Price of Panic: How the Tyranny of Experts Turned a Pandemic into a Catastrophe Yes, I’d say he’s found the correct publisher. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-josh-hawley-fuck-you/930166/52 "2021-01-18T23:44:45Z")
> [@susan](#): > > Yes, I’d say he’s found the correct publisher. But but but… Now that he’s found a publisher, how does this play into his narrative that his freedom of speech was quashed by the evil lefties? I mean, one private company decided that they would not make enough money from him, and another one decided that they could make money. It’s capitalism baby. Why does Hawley hate Free Enterprise? ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-josh-hawley-fuck-you/930166/53 "2021-01-19T00:51:56Z")
Yes, I’m confused. Does he have first amendment rights, or were they revoked? This is so hard to keep straight! ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-josh-hawley-fuck-you/930166/54 "2021-01-19T06:11:53Z")
> [@susan](#): > > How the Tyranny of Experts Turned a Pandemic into a Catastrophe LOL, because without the experts, the pandemic would have just been a pleasant diversion. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-josh-hawley-fuck-you/930166/55 "2021-01-19T06:29:46Z")
From time to time, I enjoy perusing rationalwiki. Just a few weeks ago, I saw their page on [Regnery Publishing.](https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Regnery_Publishing) What delightful company they cultivate. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-josh-hawley-fuck-you/930166/56 "2021-01-19T12:07:03Z")
Peter Sagal, host of NPR’s Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me, called it: > > > Peter Sagal @petersagal In case it doesn’t come through, after Hawley called the dropping of his book Orwellian, on January 7, Sagal wrote: "I will always remember when the Ministry of Truth seized Winston Smith’s diary so it had to be published on Regnery instead. Then, when it was announce that Hawley’s book will actually be published there, he followed up with “Called it!” ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-josh-hawley-fuck-you/930166/57 "2026-01-15T01:01:27Z")
Guess who one of the 2 was? [2 Republicans flip, defeating war powers resolution](https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5689992-hawley-young-reverse-venezuela-resolution/) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-josh-hawley-fuck-you/930166/58 "2026-01-15T09:38:46Z")
It’s fine. Hawley has “a letter”. He’s even posting it online! That should stop Trump from doing anything wrong. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-josh-hawley-fuck-you/930166.md?page=2)