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GOP Senator Josh Hawley Investigates Funding Behind LA 'Flash Mobs'

Fox NewsJune 12, 20253 min113,515 views
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Investigation into 'Bought and Paid For' Flash Mobs

  • 🎯 Senator Josh Hawley has launched an investigation into the funding and organization of recent 'flash mobs' and riots.
  • 💡 Hawley asserts these events are not spontaneous but are orchestrated and financed, comparing them to 'astroturf'.
  • 💰 He is sending investigative demands to social media groups claiming to be organizing and financing these activities.

Connecting Riots to Political Narratives

  • 📺 Hawley criticizes the narrative that there is 'no violence,' contrasting it with visible evidence of cars being blown up, police assaulted, and shops burned.
  • 🗣️ He likens this narrative to a 'Biden coverup' and the phrase 'Don't believe your lying eyes.'
  • 🚨 The senator notes that these incidents are being spread to other cities like Chicago, St. Louis, Seattle, and New York.

Proposed Penalties and Law and Order

  • 🚩 Hawley suggests penalizing individuals who burn the American flag during a crime, proposing a doubled prison sentence.
  • ⚖️ He advocates for a 'law and order' approach, stating that protesters engaging in criminal activity should face consequences.
  • 🛂 As an alternative for protesters, Hawley suggests a jail cell followed by a 'one-way ticket back to the country where they came from.'
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Flash MobsJosh HawleyLos Angeles RiotsOrganized ProtestsPolitical FinancingAstroturfingJesse Watters PrimetimeLaw and OrderAmerican Flag BurningGavin NewsomDonald Trump
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