Josh Hawley in Speeches at CPAC (2020s)
On Civil Rights:
Government is shoving critical race theory down our throats
He's trying to shove critical race theory down our throats and in every aspect of the government. It's in the military. It is in government training. All backed by the power of the Biden administration. I have asked nominee after nominee, will you
pledge to oppose critical race theory? Will you pledge to stop it from being taught, from being promulgated in the United States government. The answer is no. They are radical on this issue. They believe that America is systemically racist.
Source: Speech at the 2022 CPAC Conference in Orlando FL
Feb 24, 2022
On Corporations:
I would start by breaking up the big tech corporations
We're facing a fight for the republic itself. We are facing an unprecedented alliance of radical liberals, and the biggest, most powerful corporations in the history of the world. Google, Facebook, Twitter. These companies have more power than any
companies in American history, and they're aligned with the radical left to try to impose their agenda on this country. They want to run this country, and if we don't do something, they are going to. We've got a word for that. It's called oligarchy.
No more rule by oligarchs. Rule by the people, that's what we've got to do. I would start by breaking up the big tech corporations. Just break them up. Break them up in the name of the rule of the people. For the good of the American people and our
liberty, we need to break those corporations up and cut them down to size. You know what? The Republican Party, once upon a time, we were the party of trustbusters. I mean, we invented the concept, basically. It's time to reclaim that legacy.
Source: Remarks by Senator Hawley at the 2021 CPAC Conference
Feb 26, 2021
On Energy & Oil:
Open up American energy production full throttle
Open up American energy production full throttle. I noticed that rednecks and roughnecks get a lot of bad press these days. Here's the truth. Rednecks and roughnecks are the backbone of the American economy. it is time to allow the strong American
worker to go out and start drilling for oil, to start exploring for natural gas, to start fracking again. Let them do what we do best. Show America, show the world the strength of this nation. put America back to work. open up American energy.
Source: Speech at the 2022 CPAC Conference in Orlando FL
Feb 24, 2022
On Government Reform:
We ought to have a debate election integrity
On January the 6th, I objected during the Electoral College certification. I stood up and I said, "We ought to have a debate about election integrity." I said, "It is the right of the people to be heard, and my constituents in Missouri want to be heard
on this issue." I did what my Democrat colleagues have done in every single election where Republican president has won for the last 20 years. And what was the result of that? I was called a traitor. I was called a seditionist.
Source: Remarks by Senator Hawley at the 2021 CPAC Conference
Feb 26, 2021
On Immigration:
We believe in borders because we believe in citizenship
Can I just say, by the way, on that subject, just on the subject of immigration. We get told all the time, "Oh, if you believe in a border, if you think that borders actually matter, if you think that citizenship actually matters, well, my goodness.
I mean, you're a bigot. You're backwards." Can I just say. Can I just try to enlighten our liberal friends for a second? We believe in borders, because we believe in citizenship. And we believe in citizenship because we believe in America.
Source: Remarks by Senator Hawley at the 2021 CPAC Conference
Feb 26, 2021
On Immigration:
Cartels control our southern border, not the United States
He's opened up the southern border and has said to every cartel on the North American continent, come on in. Sometimes we say it is chaos. That's not quite right. Somebody is in control. The problem is that it is the cartels in control, not the
United States. We are a border state too. The drugs that are flooding into our schools, that are flooding into our neighborhoods, into every part of the state, are coming across the southern border that Joe Biden has thrown open and said come on in.
Source: Speech at the 2022 CPAC Conference in Orlando FL
Feb 24, 2022
On Principles & Values:
America is the greatest nation in the history of the world
I just want to say to those people who say to us, "Oh, you're the past. Your moment has passed. It's over. It's Joe Biden's America now." I just want to say, "We're not the past, we're the future." We represent the future of this country. We represent
the next generation of the country. We represent what's coming next, and there is no way that we're going to back down. We're not going to back down to the woke mob. We're not going to back down to the cancel culture.We heard endlessly from corporate
media, from big tech, from the left, how terrible our country is. We heard that we are systemically racist. We heard that the real founding of the country wasn't in 1776, it was in 1619, or whatever. And now we heard that America is founded in lies
and evil. I mean, that's what we've been told. All of that is false. All of that is a lie. America is not a perfect place, but it's a good place. More than that, it's a great place. It's the greatest nation in the history of the world.
Source: Remarks by Senator Hawley at the 2021 CPAC Conference
Feb 26, 2021
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