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Hawley didn’t mention the nationally-televised House hearing, though, instead focused on a testy exchange he had with a law professor more than a week ago at a congressional committee meeting on abortion rights. Thursday night's hearing in Washington focused on former President Trump's inaction in stopping his supporters from swarming the Capitol. 6, 2021, showed him running from the mob after earlier expressing solidarity with its members. Hawley took the stage wearing jeans and a t-shirt, the day after the congressional committee investigating the storming of the U.S. The culture war battles received particular attention from DeSantis and the other speakers Friday as the GOP becomes increasingly focused on such issues, and on finding leaders willing to aggressively push back against liberal social values.Ĭruz mocked those who want to choose their pronouns, saying: “I’m Ted Cruz and my pronoun is kiss my a**.” “None of that was poll tested, it was just basically doing what you think is right,” he said. He claimed that 75% of people supported HB 1557 - the Parental Rights in Education Law, dubbed by critics the “Don’t Say Gay” bill - but later said that he never has taken a poll as governor. The governor recapped his first term, touting his pandemic response and bills targeting how gender and race are taught in schools. “I want to, on behalf of the state of Florida, wish President Biden a speedy recovery from COVID, and I also want to wish the United States of America a speedy recovery from Joe Biden,” DeSantis said. 'Work hard, have faith and keep fighting': Florida Democrats psych themselves up to take on DeSantis 'monolith' 'So how do we stop it?' At Moms for Liberty summit in Florida, political strategy comes with a dose of conspiracy Hot political scene: Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis set to speak at different Florida events amid growing rivalry DeSantis also looked past the two Democrats vying to take him on in the Florida governor’s race this year, focusing instead on President Joe Biden, who recently contracted COVID-19. But with Trump indicating he likely will run again, they all largely steered clear of 2024 talk.