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128 quotes from Josh Hawley
“You have utterly failed to secure the southern border.”
— Josh Hawley
January 24, 2024   •   Hawley addressing Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
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“Object during the certification process.”
— Josh Hawley
December 30, 2020   •   Hawley announcing his intention to challenge electoral votes on January 6, 2021.
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“This is how we will save this nation.”
— Josh Hawley
April 20, 2023   •   Hawley concluding his argument for nationalist economic and cultural policies.
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“Your nation needs you.”
— Josh Hawley
October 31, 2021   •   Hawley addressing men during a speech on masculinity.
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“The test of this Congress will be whether we strengthen America's families.”
— Josh Hawley
January 14, 2025   •   Hawley advocating expansion of the Child Tax Credit.
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“What world do you live in?”
— Josh Hawley
December 10, 2024   •   Hawley challenging an immigration advocate during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.
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“They consider themselves citizens of the world.”
— Josh Hawley
December 5, 2019   •   Hawley criticizing what he viewed as the global orientation of corporate and cultural elites.
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“They don't want to raise wages or improve working conditions.”
— Josh Hawley
February 5, 2024   •   Hawley's criticism of corporate support for immigration.
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“They shouldn't be doing business in China.”
— Josh Hawley
October 1, 2019   •   Hawley discussing American corporations unwilling to resist Chinese political pressure.
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“Let's balance trade.”
— Josh Hawley
April 20, 2023   •   Hawley describing his trade-policy agenda.
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“We are in for a long struggle with China.”
— Josh Hawley
October 1, 2019   •   Hawley discussing U.S.-China competition.
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“The transhumanist ideal rejects the common man's worth.”
— Josh Hawley
September 1, 2025   •   Hawley criticizing transhumanism while discussing artificial intelligence.
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“We shall be again.”
— Josh Hawley
October 31, 2021   •   Hawley calling for renewed domestic production.
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“The deconstruction of America begins with and depends on the deconstruction of American men.”
— Josh Hawley
October 31, 2021   •   Hawley's thesis concerning cultural attitudes toward masculinity.
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“The Republican Party will have no future without them.”
— Josh Hawley
December 1, 2022   •   Hawley arguing that the Republican Party must represent working-class voters.
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“Your power can serve those in need.”
— Josh Hawley
October 31, 2021   •   Hawley discussing masculinity and service.
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“So I am.”
— Josh Hawley
July 8, 2024   •   Hawley explicitly embracing his description of America as a Christian nation.
Office of Senator Josh Hawley / National Conservatism Conference
“They are needed.”
— Josh Hawley
October 31, 2021   •   Hawley discussing men's roles in families and society.
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“We are more than mere consumers.”
— Josh Hawley
October 31, 2021   •   Hawley advocating restoration of American manufacturing.
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“Our religious convictions are the convictions of the Bible.”
— Josh Hawley
July 8, 2024   •   Hawley discussing Christianity, nationalism and American political tradition at the National Conservatism Conference.
Office of Senator Josh Hawley / National Conservatism Conference