
Josh Hawley Looks Like A Dummy As He Places False Blame In War Chat Fiasco
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The Republican senator and his Trump administration cronies can't seem to get their stories straight.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) on Wednesday blamed an administration staffer for including a reporter in a group chat of Trump officials discussing war strategy. (Watch the video below.)
Only one problem: National security adviser Mike Waltz already issued a mea culpa, saying an underling wasn’t responsible for the security breach, as President Donald Trump had claimed. Waltz said it was his own fault.
“So this thing’s over, it was a mistake, and you think everybody’s been held accountable and owned it?” Fox News host Jesse Watters asked Hawley in the most leading way possible.
Replied the senator: “You know, listen, I thought that the national security adviser was clear about this yesterday, the president was clear about it. You know, some staffer who apparently set up the group chat ― I assume that person probably won’t be in charge of meetings anymore.”
Waltz was on the same network the day before telling host Laura Ingraham: “A staffer wasn’t responsible. I take full responsibility. I built the group and my job is to make sure everything’s coordinated.”