Sen. Josh Hawley Friday accused Democrats of not being "serious" on police reform, as they would not allow Sen. Tim Scott's bill to come up for a vote.
"Democrats wouldn't let it come up to be debated," the Missouri Republican said on Fox News' "Fox and Friends." "This is a campaign issue for them. Again, they are content to watch Portland and Kenosha and other places, riots all across this country. They won't come out and say this has got to end. They won't come out and defend the police. They won't defend law-abiding citizens. And yet they are willing to stand with the rioters and looters."
Republicans, though, believe in the court system and laws and due process for all victims, no matter what their race and background, said Hawley, but Democrats are "willing to stand by and watch the country burn."
Hawley also responded to comments Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made in his convention speech, when he said the Senate is the "firewall" against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's agenda, and that it will stand its post against the liberal media.
"If the Democrats take the Senate, they will absolutely steamroll through the radical left agenda," said Hawley. "I don't think the Democrats take the Senate unless Biden becomes president. And then you have got the trifecta: the House, the Senate, and the White House. And you want to see — you talk about a radical left agenda. That's when we get the defund the police. That's when we get the selling out to China."
He also claimed that "defunding the police" is at the top of Biden's agenda, along with shipping jobs overseas, outsourcing abroad, and "allowing radicals to run loose at home. This is what will happen if the Senate turns blue."
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