Hawley Faces Fierce Backlash From Colleagues

“In a secure room where stunned senators were hiding from an angry mob on Wednesday, Sen. Josh Hawley stood in a corner, mostly alone,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

Said one person in the room: “It was extremely striking. For most of the time, he was in a corner of the room by himself with no one talking to him or acknowledging him.”

“The Missouri Republican’s Senate colleagues were furious with him, according to GOP aides. Minutes before, pro-Trump rioters had overrun the U.S. Capitol, forcing senators to halt the ratification of Democrat Joe Biden’s presidential victory and flee their chamber in terror, some running, some while holding hands.”