Arick Wierson: A few short seconds during the Jan. 6 hearing accomplished what Hawley's political adversaries have been unable to do since he showed up in Washington: prove he’s a phony. - NBCNewsTHINK
senator who was photographed with his fist in the air on the morning of Jan. 6 in a show of solidarity with the feverish MAGA crowds that were assembling around the Capitol was later caught on video desperately sprinting away from rioters as they descended on the Capitol.
This wasn’t a good look for Hawley, but it may have been the most honest one the American public has seen to date of this young politician with rabid. The footage showed Hawley as nothing more than a crass opportunist. He was fine raising his fist to egg on Trump supporters when securely ensconced behind security and metal barricades, but as they closed in on him, it was a different story.
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