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The Kansas City Star Editorial Board

Editorial: Josh Hawley rings in July 4 with fake quote with antisemitic, white nationalist roots

Maybe it’s time for Josh Hawley to get out of the history business.

Missouri’s senior senator on Tuesday decided to celebrate July 4 with another bit of online trolling. He took to Twitter to celebrate that great American patriot Patrick Henry. His tweet took the form of a quote.

Hawley wrote: “Patrick Henry: ‘It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. For this very reason, peoples of other faiths have been afforded asylum, prosperity, and freedom of worship here.’”

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