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Kansas City Star: I voted for Josh Hawley last election. After Jan. 6, I’m running to unseat him.

January 5, 2024
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Kansas City Star

At one point in the show, Hamilton asks Burr in frustration, “Is there anything you wouldn’t do?” Burr’s responds with, “No. I’m chasing what I want.” Eventually, Hamilton chooses to support his own archnemesis Thomas Jefferson over Burr in the election of 1800. Hamilton succinctly explains his reasoning: “When all is said and all is done, Jefferson has beliefs. Burr has none.”These Hamilton-Burr exchanges came to mind this week as I pondered the three-year anniversary of the events of Jan. 6, 2021, and Sen. Josh Hawley’s role in them.