Hawley 2024: Trumpism without Trump

[basquebromance]

Young Josh Hawley Was Just as Sanctimonious as Josh Hawley Today

"It is time to address the root of the problem," Josh Hawley wrote. "Our society is increasingly devoid of moral values. Our children are no...

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he’s carved out a place for himself by fusing social conservatism with the savvier aspects of Trump’s populism, encapsulated in a crusade against the monopoly power of Big Tech and an out-of-touch “aristocracy.”

Hawley has made the cynical gamble that the movement Trump assembled isn’t going away, and that a smarter, more disciplined messenger can harness its power while avoiding the self-defeating pitfalls of its erratic founder.

 

[Bootney Lee Farnsworth]

Will one of you cocksucking idiots give us a comprehensible definition of the bullshit term "Trumpism" please?

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

Young Josh Hawley Was Just as Sanctimonious as Josh Hawley Today

"It is time to address the root of the problem," Josh Hawley wrote. "Our society is increasingly devoid of moral values. Our children are no...

www.riverfronttimes.com

he’s carved out a place for himself by fusing social conservatism with the savvier aspects of Trump’s populism, encapsulated in a crusade against the monopoly power of Big Tech and an out-of-touch “aristocracy.”

Hawley has made the cynical gamble that the movement Trump assembled isn’t going away, and that a smarter, more disciplined messenger can harness its power while avoiding the self-defeating pitfalls of its erratic founder.

No chance. Somehow, I think this picture may end up in more than a few campaign ads.

 

[basquebromance]

that pic makes me like Hawley more than ever

 

[Jets]

When Mr. Hawley arrived in Washington in January 2019 as Missouri’s junior senator, he positioned himself as the intellectual heir of Trumpism — the politician who could integrate the president’s populist instincts into a comprehensive ideology for the G.O.P. In his maiden speech, he summoned the lamentation of cultural erosion he’d been refining since high school, arguing that the “great American middle” had been overlooked by a “new, arrogant aristocracy.”

For conservatives who felt Mr. Trump had identified uncomfortable truths about the party despite ultimately governing like a typical Republican, Mr. Hawley’s arrival was timely. That July, conservative writers and policy experts gathered at the Ritz-Carlton in Washington for the inaugural National Conservatism Conference, meant to map a departure from the corporate-class policies that for decades had defined conservatism. Mr. Hawley, who in his keynote speech decried the “cosmopolitan consensus,” was introduced as the fledgling movement’s “champion in the Senate.”

Josh Hawley Is ‘Not Going Anywhere.’ How Did He Get Here? (Published 2021)

The senator’s objection to the election results surprised some supporters. But interviews with dozens of people close to him show his growing comfort with doing what it takes to hold on to power.

www.nytimes.com

He is more refined version of Trumps politics.

 

[Blaine Sweeter]

Young Josh Hawley Was Just as Sanctimonious as Josh Hawley Today

"It is time to address the root of the problem," Josh Hawley wrote. "Our society is increasingly devoid of moral values. Our children are no...

www.riverfronttimes.com

he’s carved out a place for himself by fusing social conservatism with the savvier aspects of Trump’s populism, encapsulated in a crusade against the monopoly power of Big Tech and an out-of-touch “aristocracy.”

Hawley has made the cynical gamble that the movement Trump assembled isn’t going away, and that a smarter, more disciplined messenger can harness its power while avoiding the self-defeating pitfalls of its erratic founder.

He's a ******* seditionist and insurrectionist, if you have forgotten, signaling this to the rioters at the Capitol, you ******* idiot.

 

[excalibur]

He's a ******* seditionist and insurrectionist, if you have forgotten, signaling this to the rioters at the Capitol, you ******* idiot.

Funny, no one has been charged with sedition, and there was no insurrection either.

 

[basquebromance]

haters gon' hate

i like Hawley because he's a folksy populist like Palin. he even coined the phrase “economic mugwumpery”

 

[Utilitarian]

He's a ******* seditionist and insurrectionist, if you have forgotten, signaling this to the rioters at the Capitol, you ******* idiot.

Before you concern yourself with sedition or insurrection, ask yourself "does the government work for me, or do I work for the government?"

If you're being honest, you should realize that "sedition" is a reasonable urge given the nature of our government. It hasn't fought for the people in ages. It is ruled by an elite that don't care about your party, but they do care about making sure their agendas aren't hindered by any notions of nationalism or unity.

 

[toobfreak]

Will one of you cocksucking idiots give us a comprehensible definition of the bullshit term "Trumpism" please?

TRUMPISM:

Whatever the Left wants it to mean when they want it to mean it for anything they can or need to deride and put down until a Democrat comes along and does it.​

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[basquebromance]

to put it in terms an economic populist might understand, Trumpism is too big to fail.

 

[basquebromance]

Will one of you cocksucking idiots give us a comprehensible definition of the bullshit term "Trumpism" please?

If Trumpism is anything, it’s a doctrine of entitlement and impunity, and of fealty from everyone else. It’s an assertion of who the country belongs to...white people...and a pledge to protect them from their fears with the force of the state.

 

[Mac1958]

Hawley has made the cynical gamble that the movement Trump assembled isn’t going away, and that a smarter, more disciplined messenger can harness its power while avoiding the self-defeating pitfalls of its erratic founder.

This is exactly it. Cruz sold his soul to win this title, but Hawley looks like the heir apparent. At least at the moment. As long as he doesn't piss off the buffoon.

He's playing to the same gullible crowd in the same way, speaking exclusively to them. He's just smoother. And cynical as hell.

 

[Mac1958]

Will one of you cocksucking idiots give us a comprehensible definition of the bullshit term "Trumpism" please?

If Trumpism is anything, it’s a doctrine of entitlement and impunity, and of fealty from everyone else. It’s an assertion of who the country belongs to...white people...and a pledge to protect them from their fears with the force of the state.

Bigotry, arrogant ignorance, paranoia, cult of personality.

 

[Jets]

This was Sen Hawley after the Bostock decision. I do not agree with everything he said, but this part was spot on:

Now I will say this in defense of the court: it is difficult to anticipate in one case all future possible implications. That’s why courts are supposed to leave legislating to legislators. That’s why Article III does not give the United States Supreme Court or any federal court the power to legislate, but only the judicial power to decide cases and controversies, not to decide policies. But I will also say this: that everybody knows, every honest person knows, that the laws in this country today are made almost entirely by unelected bureaucrats and courts. They’re not made by this body.

Why not? Because this body doesn’t want to make law. That’s why not.
That’s because in order to make law, you have to take a vote. In order to vote, you have to be on the record. And to be on the record is to be held accountable. That’s what this body fears above all else. This body is terrified of being held accountable for anything on any subject.

So can we be so surprised that where the legislature fears to tread, where the Article I body—this body—that is charged by the Constitution for legislating, refuses to do its job, courts rush in and bureaucrats, too?

Was It All for This? The Failure of the Conservative Legal Movement

The bargain has never been explicitly articulated, but religious conservatives know what it is. The bargain is that you go along with the party establishment, you support their policies and priorities—or at least keep your mouth shut about it—and, in return, the establishment will put some judges on

www.thepublicdiscourse.com

 

[Anathema]

He looks really good. I wresllynlike whst he’s said and done, until I realized that he is/was an ATTORNEY. In that moment, he lost any/all support that I could have had for him.

 

[basquebromance]

attorneys are a good thing!

he did the Hobby Lobby case and won it

 

[Carl in Michigan]

Young Josh Hawley Was Just as Sanctimonious as Josh Hawley Today

"It is time to address the root of the problem," Josh Hawley wrote. "Our society is increasingly devoid of moral values. Our children are no...

www.riverfronttimes.com

he’s carved out a place for himself by fusing social conservatism with the savvier aspects of Trump’s populism, encapsulated in a crusade against the monopoly power of Big Tech and an out-of-touch “aristocracy.”

Hawley has made the cynical gamble that the movement Trump assembled isn’t going away, and that a smarter, more disciplined messenger can harness its power while avoiding the self-defeating pitfalls of its erratic founder.

You're assuming Hawley isnt his own man and putting his finger to the wind to determine his "beliefs" like Joe Biden and the Democrats do.

Hawley is like the +74 million who voted for Trump.

We voted for Trump because Trump reflects OUR views.

Hawley also is in sync with Trump