Josh Hawley, senator who ran from Capitol mob, mocked by home paper

Kansas City Star editorial excoriates Republican as laughingstock' as memes based on January 6 video proliferate

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Josh Hawley, the Missouri senator shown running from the mob he incited on January 6, is a laughingstock" who should be afraid of what the Capitol attack committee might disclose next, a leading newspaper in his home state said.

Hawley was widely criticised for raising a fist to protesters outside Congress on 6 January 2021, then after the mob sent by Donald Trump failed to stop certification of Joe Biden's election win, voting to object to results anyway.