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Josh Hawley claims Antifa threatened his wife, baby daughter and attacked his DC home during 'candle vigil'

'Tonight while I was in Missouri, Antifa scumbags came to our place in DC and threatened my wife and newborn daughter, who can’t travel,' Hawley wrote

Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) has already announced that he will be contesting the 2020 presidential election results by registering his objection when Congress counts the Electoral College votes. Now, he is claiming that Antifa attacked his home in Washington, DC, and threatened his wife and newborn baby.

“Tonight while I was in Missouri, Antifa scumbags came to our place in DC and threatened my wife and newborn daughter, who can’t travel,” Hawley wrote on Twitter. “They screamed threats, vandalized, and tried to pound open our door. Let me be clear: My family & I will not be intimidated by left-wing violence.” Hawley said that the perpetrators were “screaming threats through bullhorns, vandalizing property, pounding on the doors of homes and terrorizing innocent people and children.”

Hawley made the last-mentioned claim while retweeting Washington Post reporter Mike DeBonis's tweet which contained a statement. "This evening around a dozen activists with ShutDownDC held an hour-long vigil at the Virginia home of Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) to demand that he drop his baseless contestation of the 2020 presidential election results. Hawley was the first of 12 Republican senators who pledged to join more than 100 Republican House members in their plan to derail Congress’ acceptance of Joe Biden’s election win on January 6. Activists lit candles and delivered a copy of the US Constitution to Hawley’s door. The crowd chanted 'Shame! Shame on Hawley!' and 'Protect Democracy from the GOP.' They also read messages from voters in the states whose election results Hawley and the other senators are planning to contest, including Missouri and Pennsylvania. Police arrived around 7:45 p.m," the statement read. 

The statement added: "'We came to let Hawley know that his actions are undemocratic and unacceptable,' said ShutDownDC activist Patrick Young. 'Voters decided who they wanted to be president and now Hawley is trying to silence their voices, even after Republican election officials certified the vote counts. And let’s not forget that the bulk of the votes they would throw out come from Black and Brown voters. This is an attempted coup waged by silencing the voices of people of color.' One protester’s sign read, 'There’s nothing wrong with saying you’ve recalculated,' referring to a recording of Trump’s recent phone conversation with the Georgia Secretary of State. Hawley’s planned contestation will add kindling to an already dangerous situation: On January 6, thousands of supporters of Donald Trump will be in DC for a delusional 'Stop the Steal' protest."

We previously reported that Hawley said in a lengthy statement last month: "I cannot vote to certify the electoral college results on January 6 without raising the fact that some states, particularly Pennsylvania, failed to follow their own state election laws. And I cannot vote to certify without pointing out the unprecedented effort of mega corporations, including Facebook and Twitter, to interfere in this election, in support of Joe Biden. At the very least, Congress should investigate allegations of voter fraud and adopt measures to secure the integrity of our elections. But Congress has so far failed to act." He added that he would be following the "same practice" of Democrat members of Congress and "object" to the certification process on January 6 to raise "these critical issues".