{"id":124629,"date":"2021-02-11T13:18:39","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T18:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=124629"},"modified":"2021-02-11T13:42:41","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T18:42:41","slug":"senator-josh-hawleys-wife-describes-frightening-evening-of-assault-on-family-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senator-josh-hawleys-wife-describes-frightening-evening-of-assault-on-family-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator Josh Hawley\u2019s Wife Describes \u201cFrightening\u201d Evening Of \u201cAssault\u201d On Family Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenator-josh-hawleys-wife-describes-frightening-evening-of-assault-on-family-home%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=124629&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1076708772-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>In a written piece published by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/erin-hawley-assault-home-attacks-family-civil-discourse\">Fox News<\/a>, Senator Josh Hawley\u2019s wife, a senior legal fellow at Independent Women\u2019s Law Center, describes the recent \u201cassault\u201d on her family\u2019s home.<\/p>\n<p>Erin M. Hawley recounts the evening when she was watching a movie with her then-seven-week-old daughter and \u201cthe sound of angry voices drowned out the TV.\u201d She walked upstairs to find around 20 people protesting and \u201cshouting through bullhorns\u201d outside the house. After they refused to leave, she went downstairs only to return to find \u201cat least three large men\u201d blocking the porch and shouting \u201cCome out, come out\u201d into their bullhorns.<\/p>\n<p>Fifteen minutes later, the police arrived and \u201cinformed the protesters that they were violating at least three laws.\u201d The protesters left shortly after, but not before leaving signs on her lawn and chalk graffiti messages on the sidewalk. Before leaving, they warned they would \u201creturn morning, noon, and night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hawley notes that this type of rhetoric has not disappeared from her family\u2019s life, adding that \u201cthe protesters and others have accused my husband of overreacting and have referred to my family as \u2018snowflakes.\u2019 And a police department spokesperson (who was not on the scene) has since described the protest as \u2018peaceful\u2019 and a \u2018minor\u2019 incident.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hawley expresses how happy she is that her two young boys were out of town that night, saying, \u201cthey would have been terrified.\u201d When the Senator\u2019s wife was reconnected with the children, she took them to a friend\u2019s house, them believing the change in plans was a \u201cfun, surprise sleepover.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is the main point Hawley makes in her piece for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/erin-hawley-assault-home-attacks-family-civil-discourse\">Fox News<\/a>. She writes that if her sons had been home, the incident would have had a much larger effect on them.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAnd wasn\u2019t that really the point? Why else would protestors come armed with bullhorns to a family home at dark? What other purpose to staging a night-time protest if not to terrorize the almost-certainly-to-be-home family?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hawley concedes that anyone can disagree or agree with the policies her husband promotes, and she adds that public protests at office buildings are \u201cboth appropriate and protected by the First Amendment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While she believes that the ability to peaceably disagree is \u201cone of our most precious protections,\u201d she also notes that the First Amendment allows governments to protect their citizens \u201cfrom harassment and to prescribe reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions on protest-like events.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Instead of the evening resulting in a moment of peaceful protest or disagreement, Hawley believes that the \u201cassault on our home\u201d and \u201cpersonal attacks on our family\u201d do not fall under civil discourse. Rather, \u201cthey are just meant to frighten.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the Senator\u2019s wife still has hope. She recalls the kindness of friends and neighbors during and after the fearful night. She tells of friends who \u201cscrubbed the sidewalk in the cold,\u201d a neighbor who invited her over during the protests, and a friend who left home so quickly to come to Hawley\u2019s aid that she didn\u2019t have time to put shoes on.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri was one of the senators who objected to certifying the Electoral College count on January 6. Prior to the rioting that took place later that day, the senator was photographed raising his fist outside the Capitol building to a peaceful crowd:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">From our Francis Chung, Sen. Josh Hawley greeting protesters in the east side of the Capitol before riots began. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I8DjBCDuoP\">pic.twitter.com\/I8DjBCDuoP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Manuel Quinones (@ManuelQ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManuelQ\/status\/1346913744736157714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The photo and Hawley\u2019s position on election certification drew harsh <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2021\/01\/07\/josh-hawley-editorial\/\">criticism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Senator from Missouri wrote an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.columbiatribune.com\/story\/opinion\/columns\/2021\/01\/13\/sen-josh-hawley-why-objected-electoral-vote\/4148489001\/\">op-ed<\/a> explaining his objection a week after the violence took place, writing,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cLet me say again, as I have said before: the lawless violence at the Capitol last week was criminal. There can be no quibbling about that. Those who engaged in it should be prosecuted and punished. Lawless violence undermines the democratic process by which we settle our disputes and threatens our democratic life. That applies to mobs of any and all political persuasions. Mob violence is always wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a written piece published by Fox News, Senator Josh Hawley\u2019s wife, a senior legal fellow at Independent Women\u2019s Law Center, describes the recent \u201cassault\u201d on her family\u2019s home. 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