Josh ist ein Showpony. Erin ist ein Arbeitstier

friends texted her a link to a video of her husband, Josh, objecting to the certification of the Electoral College results on the Senate floor. “I was stunned,” she wrote. “I had no idea he was going to do that.” The move would make Josh Hawley the first senator to object to the certification, and would lead to widespread condemnation and calls for his resignation, including from some of his former mentors and colleagues. Erin Hawley, for her part, would write a piece for Fox defending her husband’s actions, arguing that he was simply exercising his constitutional right to raise objections. “I know Josh,” she wrote. “He is a man of integrity and principle.” And she would continue to defend him in the months that followed, as he faced backlash and calls for censure and investigation. The Hawleys, it seemed, were in it together — for better or for worse. And as they navigated the choppy waters of politics and public life, Erin Hawley continued to work behind the scenes, writing briefs and making arguments in defense of religious liberty and conservative values. And though she may not have sought the spotlight, it seemed to find her nonetheless, shining a light on her work and her beliefs, and on the complex and sometimes contradictory world of politics and power

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‘Josh Is a Show Pony. Erin Is a Workhorse.’

The woman who has helped secure two of the religious right’s biggest recent Supreme Court victories doesn’t get a lot of respect from certain headline writers. Behold: The Independent: “Josh Hawley congratulates his wife for her work on Dobbs case overturning Roe.” Salon: “Ayanna Pressley publicly schools Josh Hawley’s wife on abortion…” Washington Examiner: “Georgetown receives backlash for hosting Sen. Hawley’s wife on post-Roe litigation” The wife in question is Erin Morrow Hawley, Yale Law grad, former Supreme Court clerk, and for the past three years a senior counsel at the conservative advocacy group Alliance Defending Freedom. There, in 2022, she was part of the team that got Roe v. Wade overturned, in the most consequential Supreme Court abortion case

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