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FIRST ON FOX:<\/strong> Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., confronted a local NBC affiliate journalist over fiery tweets aimed at supporters of Twitter owner Elon Musk<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Video obtained by Fox News Digital showed Hawley sitting down for a remote taped interview with Mark Maxwell, the political editor for St. Louis’ KSDK News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But before Maxwell was able to ask his questions, the senator pressed his own.<\/p>\n

“Why all the hate for people who like free speech on Twitter? What’s going on with that?” Hawley asked.<\/p>\n

“I don’t understand your reference,” Maxwell responded. “What are you referring to?”<\/p>\n

Hawley cited a March 6 tweet from Maxwell that read, “Does anyone still think Elon buying this site and firing all the experts was a good idea? It’s been awhile since I’ve seen any of his bootlickers brag on how efficient the site is now that Sir Galaxy Brain is in charge.”<\/p>\n

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“It seems kind of vitriolic,” Hawley reacted after reading Maxwell’s tweet aloud.<\/p>\n

“Yeah, I suppose it was,” Maxwell acknowledged. “It was a moment of frustration when the site went down and there were a lot of folks in my mentions who had quite a cultish adoration for him.”<\/p>\n

“But \u2018bootlickers’?” Hawley pressed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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“Yeah,” Maxwell doubled down, “Going to bat for him, defending him at every turn even when he was banning journalists from the site for no apparent reason. Yeah, I felt like the industry and journalism, a part of the First Amendment, has come under specific attack at times from Mr. Musk.”<\/p>\n

The Republican lawmaker pointed to a second tweet from Maxwell after one of his critics sarcastically replied to the reporter’s Musk tweet, saying, “You seem fair, balanced and sober.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Maxwell replied, “I never said I was sober.”<\/p>\n

“I hope you do our interview sober!” Hawley exclaimed. “I hope you’re sober now!”<\/p>\n

“I try to, I try to,” Maxwell quipped.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hawley then cited a third tweet from Maxwell after he was told he had “angered the minions” with his first tweet, writing, “Never interrupt a worshipper during their daily prayers to Lord Elon.”<\/p>\n

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“That’s quite a rant,” Hawley said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I refer to it as satire,” Maxwell responded. “Protected under the First Amendment<\/a>, is it not?”<\/p>\n

“Oh, well I don’t think you should go to jail for it. I’ll admit that,” Hawley said. “I think we can all agree on that but I don’t know, I mean, referring to people you don’t like as \u2018bootlickers.’ I mean, you don’t do opinion journalism, do you?”<\/p>\n

Maxwell clarified that he wouldn’t refer to his tweets as an “act of journalism,” which Hawley pushed back on since Maxwell uses his Twitter profile to promote his work.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“When journalists or so-called journalists<\/a> refer to people they don’t like as \u2018bootlickers\u2019 on a public platform, when they attack folks and then say they don’t necessarily do stuff sober, it does tend to get my attention,” Hawley said. “I mean, we give you a lot of access. I just want to make sure that you’re actually sober and taking this seriously, Good Lord in Heaven.”<\/p>\n

“I’m happy to do a blood alcohol test,” Maxwell jokingly suggested, adding, “I have had no alcohol this morning and that was a joke. I just want to clarify. We’ll save the festivities for this weekend when the St. Patrick’s Day festivities take off, but that will be off the clock.”<\/p>\n

“Okay\u2026 well, log off Twitter,” Hawley quipped.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Neither Maxwell nor KSDK News immediately responded to Fox News’ requests for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/sen-josh-hawley-confronts-local-reporter-vitriolic-elon-musk-tweets-hate <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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