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Josh Hawley
stated on October 7, 2025 in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing:

“The FBI tapped my phone” and those of other senators.

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • October 9, 2025

Josh Hawley
stated on March 21, 2022 in an op-ed:

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson “gave child porn offenders sentences below the guidelines and below what the prosecutors were requesting,” showing she is “soft on child pornography offenders.”

By Jon Greenberg • March 24, 2022

Josh Hawley
stated on January 6, 2021 in a U.S. Senate speech:

“Last year, Pennsylvania elected officials passed a whole new law that allows universal mail-in balloting, and did it irregardless of what the Pennsylvania Constitution said.”

By Amy Sherman • January 8, 2021

Josh Hawley
stated on January 4, 2021 in a tweet:

Says activists threatened his family and “screamed threats, vandalized, and tried to pound open our door.”

By William Skipworth • January 8, 2021

Josh Hawley
stated on August 23, 2020 in a Facebook post:

"USPS currently has the most cash on hand in its history, (approximately) $15 billion."

By Veronica Mohesky • September 16, 2020

Josh Hawley
stated on January 15, 2020 in a tweet:

“As the State Department warned Mizzou in July 2019, and as I have repeatedly stated, (the Confucius Institute) presented security risks for students & university as a whole.”

By Tyler Messner • February 28, 2020

Josh Hawley
stated on September 10, 2019 in a tweet:

"Meth production in MO has cratered over last decade. MO Hwy Patrol reported 1,326 meth lab seizures in 2006, only 50 in 2018."

By Greta Serrin • October 10, 2019

Josh Hawley
stated on October 25, 2018 in a debate:

Says a manufacturing operation in his hometown that made gunstock for Remington rifles "closed down, we lost those jobs and it's been devastating for my little town."

By Titus Wu • November 5, 2018

Josh Hawley
stated on October 18, 2018 in a debate:

Says Claire McCaskill "voted against including health records in the background check system."

By Kathryn B. Palmer • November 1, 2018

Josh Hawley
stated on September 25, 2018 in a tweet:

Says Claire McCaskill "has had Chuck Schumer spend more dark money for her than for any senator in America. $16 million and counting!"

By Theo DeRosa • October 25, 2018

Josh Hawley
stated on September 13, 2018 in a foxnews.com op-ed:

Says a bill co-sponsored by Sen. Claire McCaskill "would give a free pass to any illegal immigrant who brings a child to the border."

By Sten Spinella • October 6, 2018

Josh Hawley
stated on September 19, 2018 in a video:

Says "Claire McCaskill receives the second-most contributions from insurance companies in the entire Senate."

By Louis Jacobson • September 21, 2018

Josh Hawley
stated on August 20, 2018 in an op-ed for the Springfield News-Leader:

Since 2009, "millions of Americans have lost their health care plans."

By Morgan Keith, Ryan Hanrahan • September 20, 2018

Josh Hawley
stated on August 7, 2018 in a speech:

"I am the only (state attorney general) in America fighting to hold the big tech companies accountable for their behavior."

By Louis Jacobson • August 14, 2018

Josh Hawley
stated on July 9, 2018 in a campaign website:

Says "Claire McCaskill voted for 100 percent of President Obama’s judicial nominees."

By Louis Jacobson • July 10, 2018

Josh Hawley
stated on June 14, 2016 in a campaign ad:

Says "he fought Obama at the Supreme Court — and won."

By George Ash • October 7, 2016

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