Since becoming the first senator to announce he would object to the counting of Electoral College votes and then moving forward with his plan after the storming of the Capitol on Wednesday, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., has been the subject of widespread condemnation. The largest newspapers in Missouri called on him to resign; his publisher canceled the contract for his upcoming book; both parties have pilloried him for leading the futile objection effort. And a viral photo of Hawley entering the Capitol before the riot — showing the senator in a slim-fitting suit, hair perfectly coiffed and raising his fist toward the gathered crowd — has already become a lasting image of a day that won't soon be forgotten. |