Profile of Republican Senator Hawley from Missouri
Key Takeaways (Click to Expand) Before entering politics, Josh Hawley was a constitutional lawyer and a tenured law professor at the University of Missouri. In his single term as Missouri’s Attorney General, he gained national attention for launching investigations into major tech companies. Elected in 2018 at age 38, he was the youngest U.S. Senator at the time and is a leading intellectual voice for the “national conservatism” movement. His primary legislative focuses are on combating the power of Big Tech, confronting the economic and national security threat of China, and promoting pro-family policies. “A leading intellectual of the modern conservative movement, Josh Hawley has defined his Senate career by waging a two-front war against the power of Big Tech and the influence of China.” Josh Hawley: The Architect of National Conservatism Senator Josh Hawley has, in a remarkably short time, become one of the most influential and ideologically defining figures in the Republican party. A constitutional lawyer by training and a populist by conviction, he has worked to reshape the GOP’s priorities, moving the party towards a new philosophy of “national conservatism” that is skeptical of globalism and focused on protecting American workers and families. Hawley’s background is in academia and law, not business or lifelong politics. After clerking for Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, he became a tenured law professor at the University of Missouri. He entered the political arena in 2016, winning a race to become Missouri’s Attorney General. In that role, he quickly made a name for himself by launching antitrust investigations into big tech companies, a fight that would become his signature issue. In 2018, he ran a successful campaign to unseat a Democratic incumbent, becoming the youngest member of the U.S. Senate. He arrived in Washington with a clear and ambitious agenda: to reorient the Republican party away from what he saw as an outdated focus on free-market globalism and toward a new nationalism. In the Senate, Hawley has been a relentless critic of large technology companies, introducing legislation to break them up and strip them of liability protections. He is also one of the Senate’s most prominent hawks on China, advocating for a fundamental rethinking of U.S. policy to counter their economic and military power. He uses his position on the Judiciary and Homeland Security committees to advance his agenda, challenging both corporate power and foreign adversaries in a way that has made him a leading voice for the future direction of the conservative movement. Sources Used Official Biography: https://www.hawley.senate.gov/about-senator-hawley Ballotpedia Profile: https://ballotpedia.org/Josh_Hawley GovTrack.us Legislative Record: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/josh_hawley/412840 #Senator #Missouri #Republican #JoshHawley Links for Senator Hawley Official Website | X (SenHawleyPress) | Facebook | YouTube | Wikipedia Follow us: YouTube | X | Facebook
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Key Takeaways (Click to Expand)
Before entering politics, Josh Hawley was a constitutional lawyer and a tenured law professor at the University of Missouri.
In his single term as Missouri’s Attorney General, he gained national attention for launching investigations into major tech companies.
Elected in 2018 at age 38, he was the youngest U.S. Senator at the time and is a leading intellectual voice for the “national conservatism” movement.
His primary legislative focuses are on combating the power of Big Tech, confronting the economic and national security threat of China, and promoting pro-family policies.
“A leading intellectual of the modern conservative movement, Josh Hawley has defined his Senate career by waging a two-front war against the power of Big Tech and the influence of China.”
Josh Hawley: The Architect of National Conservatism
Senator Josh Hawley has, in a remarkably short time, become one of the most influential and ideologically defining figures in the Republican party. A constitutional lawyer by training and a populist by conviction, he has worked to reshape the GOP’s priorities, moving the party towards a new philosophy of “national conservatism” that is skeptical of globalism and focused on protecting American workers and families.
Hawley’s background is in academia and law, not business or lifelong politics. After clerking for Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, he became a tenured law professor at the University of Missouri. He entered the political arena in 2016, winning a race to become Missouri’s Attorney General. In that role, he quickly made a name for himself by launching antitrust investigations into big tech companies, a fight that would become his signature issue.
In 2018, he ran a successful campaign to unseat a Democratic incumbent, becoming the youngest member of the U.S. Senate. He arrived in Washington with a clear and ambitious agenda: to reorient the Republican party away from what he saw as an outdated focus on free-market globalism and toward a new nationalism.
In the Senate, Hawley has been a relentless critic of large technology companies, introducing legislation to break them up and strip them of liability protections. He is also one of the Senate’s most prominent hawks on China, advocating for a fundamental rethinking of U.S. policy to counter their economic and military power. He uses his position on the Judiciary and Homeland Security committees to advance his agenda, challenging both corporate power and foreign adversaries in a way that has made him a leading voice for the future direction of the conservative movement.
Sources Used
Official Biography: https://www.hawley.senate.gov/about-senator-hawley