Hawley rips Washington Post writer who linked criticism of 'woke corporations' to racism, anti-Semitism

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., clashed with Washington Post columnist Greg Sargent Friday after Sargent suggested in a column that the lawmaker's attacks on "woke corporations" weighing in on the Georgia election reform law stems from racism and anti-Semitism.

"What’s happening in Georgia is what they tried to do to those of us who stood up for election integrity back in January," Hawley said. "Anyone who has said that our elections need to be free, they need to be fair, we need to consider election reform, they try to cancel you. And now the woke corporations are trying to do the same thing to Georgia. And they’re going to try to do it to anybody, any state, any person who stands up for election integrity." "The smarmy, unctuous, phony piety animating this claim to stand for 'election integrity' is really something," Sargent reacted. "Hawley is referencing his lead role in the campaign to subvert President Biden’s electors in Congress."