# @thekansascitystar on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2022-07-22T02:22:07.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Kansas City Star (@thekansascitystar) — https://gondola.cc/thekansascitystar

## Caption

The House of Representatives committee investigating the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol on Thursday highlighted footage of U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, fleeing the U.S. Senate Chamber as the building was being overrun by a mob of Trump supporters.

The video served as a rebuke to the image Hawley projected that day, when he was captured in a photograph confidently raising his fist to protesters who would later violently break into the U.S. Capitol building.

U.S. Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Virginia, showed the committee the famous photo of Hawley along with a comment from a member of the U.S. Capitol Police who watched the moment.

“She told us that Sen. Hawley’s gesture riled up the crowd and it bothered her greatly because he was doing it in a safe space protected by the officers and the barriers,” Luria said.

Then, Luria showed footage of Hawley as the U.S. Senate chamber was being evacuated.

“Later that day, Sen. Hawley fled after those protesters he helped rile up stormed the Capitol,” Luria said.

“See for yourself,” she added, with contempt.

The committee then showed a clip of Hawley, spotlighted, jogging out of the Senate chamber holding a folder. The committee slowed the video down and played it again. Then they showed him hustling down the steps to the Senate subway.

People in the room — which included Capitol staff, police officers and reporters — broke out into audible laughter.

Hawley’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Read more at the link in our bio. ✏️ Daniel Desrochers

#joshhawley #jan6committee #washingtondc #missouri

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