Senator Josh Hawley, R-Mo., Told Fox News on Tuesday that he will not seek the Republican nomination for president in 2024.
“I always said, Maria, that I’m not running for president,” Hawley told Fox News Primetime host Maria Bartiromo. “It is a privilege to represent the state of Missouri in the United States Senate. I was just elected just two years ago. There is a lot of work to do and I look forward to continuing to fight for Missouri every day I can.”
Some believe that the incendiary senator is looking for a higher position after he attracted national attention by taking on Big Tech and retaliating against “conservative censorship” by proposing bold bills to control his power.
HAWLEY REQUESTS ETHICS INVESTIGATION IN DEMS THAT FILED A COMPLAINT AGAINST HIM
Democratic senators turned on Hawley earlier this month after he contested the results of the Electoral College, claiming that he helped unleash the deadly Capitol riot on January 6 and helped “undermine” democracy. Some Democrats called for the resignation of Hawley and Senator Ted Cruz, R-Fla., And some filed an ethical complaint against him.
Senator Rick Scott, R-Fla., Another potential candidate, also threw cold water at the idea that he could run for president in 2024, while Senator Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Said he had not thought of the idea. “I’m running for the Senate in 2022. I didn’t think beyond that,” he told Insider.
Hawley, 41, was the first senator to promise to object to President Biden’s victory in Congress. He was heavily criticized after a photo of him outside the Capitol with his fist raised in the air towards the participants of the “Save America” rally was questioned after pro-Trump protesters invaded the Capitol.
HAWLEY RIPS SENATE DEMOCRATS FOR COMPLAINING ETHICS, SAYS THAT THEY ARE ‘TRYING TO SILENCE DISSENCE’
Hawley asked the Senate Ethics Committee to investigate the seven Democrats who filed the complaint against him and Cruz for presenting “an unprecedented, frivolous and inappropriate ethical complaint … without citing any relevant evidence or offering any argument in good faith.”
Hawley on Jan. 6 joined a House member’s objection to Pennsylvania Electoral College votes, prompting two hours of debate in each chamber about the validity of the ticket and votes on whether Congress should reject it. Cruz opposed Arizona voters.
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Simon & Schuster publisher canceled Hawley’s book contract after the turmoil. The Republican fired back on Twitter, writing: “This couldn’t be more Orwellian Simon & Schuster is canceling my contract because I was representing my voters, conducting a debate in the Senate plenary on voter integrity, which they now decided to redefine as sedition. “