More backlash for GOP's Hawley as Loews Hotel cancels event
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Loews Hotels says it has backed out of an upcoming fundraiser in Orlando, Florida, for U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley.
It's the latest fallout for the Republican who helped staged an Electoral college challenge the day President Donald Trump's supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol.
The hotel chain said Saturday that it was horrified by the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and by all who supported and incited it. Hawley's fundraiser was scheduled for February at a hotel at Universal Orlando.
FILE - Senator Josh Hawley, R-Mo., makes a statement after voting in the Judiciary Committee to move the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court out of committee and on to the Senate for a full vote on Oct. 22, 2020 in Washington,
Hawley said Saturday that to equate leading a Senate floor debate with inciting violence was a lie. He vowed not to bow to what he called "left wing corporate pressure."