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Sen Hawley: Objections to elections must be heard
Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri says he is continuing his objection to the outcome of the Pennsylvania Electoral College. However, he denounced the violent transgression at the Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump. (January 6)
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The claim: The uprising at the American Capitol was an event hosted by the Stanford Federalist Society
A Jan. 25 Facebook claim states that the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol building took place during a meeting of the Stanford Federalist Society, headed by Senator Josh Hawley, R-Mo., And the Attorney General. of Texas, Ken Paxton.
The message contains a brochure for ‘The Originalist Case for Inciting Insurrection’, scheduled for January 6 from 12: 45-22. According to the flyer, Hawley was invited to argue how ‘the means justifies the means’, while Paxton would like to explain why an appeal to a violent crowd to storm the Capitol ‘is an appropriate response to Congress’ refusal to to overthrow the results of a free and fair election.
The leaflet informed Stanford students that riot information would be emailed to participants that morning, an apparent precursor to the siege of the Capitol.
“Come through! Chik fil a is served,” reads the caption.
USA TODAY reached the poster for comment.
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Flyer is an email scam
The Stanford Federalist Society is a libertarian and conservative student body at Stanford Law School. The group promotes ‘the principles that the state exists to preserve freedom, that the separation of powers is central to our constitutional order’ and the interpretation of the law within the province of the judiciary, according to its website.
The association hosts various panels with conservative law professors and circuit court judges as guest speakers.
Stephanie Ashe, director of media relations at Stanford Law School, said in an email to the US TODAY that the advertising page is not real.
“It was a satirical email in the form of a fictitious event announcement that a student sent to the student services list on January 6,” she wrote. It is unknown if the Facebook poster is a member of the student services.
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According to his website, Hawley is an attorney and graduate of Stanford University.
Hawley was one of six Republican senators who objected to the outcome of the election, a controversial move that ultimately failed to overthrow President Joe Biden as the decisive winner of former President Donald Trump, according to the US.
On the morning of the siege of the American Capitol, he apparently showed solidarity with Trump supporters by greeting them with a raised fist before joining the session, USA TODAY reports.
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According to the Texas Tribune, Paxton is one of three state attorneys general who did not sign letters condemning the uprising. He also claims that liberal activists of the anti-fascist protest group antifa have the pro-Trump mob. USA TODAY dismissed the allegation that antifa posed as Trump supporters during the attack on the Capitol.
Our Verdict: Satire
We evaluate this claim SATIRE, based on our research. According to the director of media relations for Stanford Law School, a flyer from a conservative student group meeting with guest speakers, Senator Josh Hawley and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, is satirical.
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