Until a little over 24 hours ago, if one mentioned Missouri Republican Senator Josh Hawley one would think of the picture in which he raised his fist in solidarity with the January 6th rioters.
But that changed on Thursday night when the January 6th Committee showed footage of Hawley running away from the Capitol and away from very people who cause he supposedly supported.
Images of Hawley running away elicited howls of laughter from the committee room during an otherwise somber proceeding and have rendered him an international laughing stock.
When I saw the footage I thought of Brave Sir Robin from Monty Python and The Holy Grail and as it turns out I was far from alone.
Hawley has frequently been mentioned as a Republican presidential contender. But in those few seconds Hawley's presidential ambitions fled along with him. This image and the laughter which accompanied it is going to stick with Hawley forever as much Ted Cruz's trip to Cancun as Texas was freezing over last year. Here is someone who portrays himself as an alpha male without fear, but flees when trouble comes to his door.
Whatever my worries about what the January 6th Committee will accomplish when it comes to holding defeated, former President Trump to account, it can be safely said that the January 6th Committee has put Josh Hawley's presidential ambitions on ice.
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