Josh Hawley revealed late last night that a mob of “Antifa scumbags” showed up at his home in DC while his wife and newborn were home alone. He said they were terrorizing his family in an attempt to intimidate him into not objecting at tomorrow’s Congressional certification of the election. But he says he will not be intimidated:
Tonight while I was in Missouri, Antifa scumbags came to our place in DC and threatened my wife and newborn daughter, who can’t travel. They screamed threats, vandalized, and tried to pound open our door. Let me be clear: My family & I will not be intimidated by leftwing violence
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) January 5, 2021
The group, called ShutDownDC, claimed it was just a candlelight vigil and mocked Hawley for living outside of DC:
It was a candlelight vigil, snowflake. And your house isn’t in DC, it’s in a suburb 30 mins outside of the District. You’re supposed to be representing Missouri in the senate. Why did you move your primary residence to the Virginia suburbs. https://t.co/nMOwj3Z6kU
— ShutDownDC (@ShutDown_DC) January 5, 2021
"Antifa scumbags" = @ShutDown_DC
They described their protest as an "hour long vigil." https://t.co/FQ6WAj3kUB https://t.co/Vli5Zc1L1y pic.twitter.com/nDbdoPL44E— Mike DeBonis (@mikedebonis) January 5, 2021
Hawley responded, saying this wasn’t anything like a vigil. Instead, he said they were “screaming threats through bullhorns, vandalizing property, pounding on the doors of homes and terrorizing innocent people and children.”
Now “vigil” means screaming threats through bullhorns, vandalizing property, pounding on the doors of homes and terrorizing innocent people and children https://t.co/naRMkrBWWO
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) January 5, 2021
Indeed, here’s a video showing the group shouting through a bullhorn while several members are pounding on the door of Hawley’s home, trying to get him to come out (he wasn’t there):
Bulls**t!
This was no candlelight vigil, this was an attempt to terrorize @HawleyMO’s family, his wife & kids, and neighbors, you made that very clear.
This is what those leftist socialist anarchists want to do to this country, tomorrow Georgia gets a chance to reject them! https://t.co/9SQxe6bHlG pic.twitter.com/MBTsBRIeSf
— Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) January 5, 2021
Hawley’s last tweet on this accuses the Washington Post of reporting lies about the Antifa group last night:
.@washingtonpost this morning printing outright lies from the Antifa group who now describe themselves as sweet angels. BS. You screamed through bullhorns, shouted down my wife when she asked you to leave, vandalized property, pounded on our door, and terrorized neighbors
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) January 5, 2021
And didn’t have the guts to do it in daylight, but only under cover of darkness so you could hide. You’re scum. And we won’t be intimidated
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) January 5, 2021