Hawley Defends Fist Pump to Protesters

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), who led efforts to challenge the 2020 election results in Congress, on defended his fist pump to protesters outside of the Capitol on Jan. 6, The Hill reports.

Said Hawley: “Some of them were calling, so I gestured toward them. They had every right to be there… When I walked by that particular group of folks were standing there peacefully behind police barricades.”

He later called it a “slur” to lump in demonstrators outside of the Capitol with rioters who breached the building later.