As we reported earlier, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) announced that he would objecting to the certification of the Electoral College votes in contested states for Joe Biden.
Republicans needed to have at least one member from the House and one member from the Senate say they would object to force a two hour discussion and vote on the objection.
They now have that with Hawley. More than ten people had already indicated they would be willing to object in the House, with the charge being led by Rep. Mel Brooks (R-AL).
Hawley made a statement on Twitter that he believed Congress needed to pay attention to the millions of Americans raising questions about the election, especially where there were clear unconstitutional actions.
Millions of voters concerned about election integrity deserve to be heard. I will object on January 6 on their behalf pic.twitter.com/kTaaPPJGHE
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) December 30, 2020
Now there was a lot of reaction to Hawley’s statement but perhaps the reaction that drew the most attention was when he was suddenly attacked from the official Walmart account. “Go ahead. Get your 2 hour debate. #soreloser.”
Moments after Sen. @HawleyMO said he'd *object* to Electoral College certification on Jan. 6 due to states *failing* to follow election laws & "mega-corporations" interfering on behalf of Biden, @WalMart shows exactly what he means by calling him a *SORE LOSER.*
Outrageous.🔻 pic.twitter.com/xlHkIgMn7y
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) December 30, 2020
But Hawley then clapped back with an epic response.
Thanks @Walmart for your insulting condescension. Now that you’ve insulted 75 million Americans, will you at least apologize for using slave labor? pic.twitter.com/oYJP4Cv2qE
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) December 30, 2020
“Thanks @Walmart for your insulting condescension,” Hawley declared. “Now that you’ve insulted 75 million Americans, will you at least apologize for using slave labor?”
Or maybe you’d like to apologize for the pathetic wages you pay your workers as you drive mom and pop stores out of business
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) December 30, 2020
Walmart then tried to wiggle out of it after they got a lot of pushback.
The tweet published earlier was mistakenly posted by a member of our social media team. We deleted the post and have no intention of commenting on the subject of certifying the electoral college. We apologize to Senator Hawley for this error and any confusion about our position.
— Walmart Inc. (@WalmartInc) December 30, 2020
Just a mistake, right?
Too late. You certainly can hire anyone you want. But if you do, you can also be prepared for customers to drop you if you have employees who react this way. Really not the way to endear yourself to 75 million people, many of whom probably are a good part of your clientele.
— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) December 30, 2020
"Mistakenly" https://t.co/oQGaqzybEI
— Real American Politics (@RealAPolitics) December 30, 2020
Sam Walton would have fired the employee if he were still alive.
— C Bluhm (@CBluhm4) December 30, 2020
It could cost them significant business, I will say that.
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) December 30, 2020
That Walmart social media intern in Beijing is so fired.
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) December 30, 2020
HT: Twitchy
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