The senator raised his fist in support of the Capitol rioters.
Hawley ran away from the crowd on Thursday.
He wouldn't run away from a fight with liberals during a speech.
A day after the January 6 committee presented a video of him running away from a pro-Trump crowd during the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot, Josh Hawley said he wouldn't run away from his feud with liberals.
If you haven't gotten the message yet, I don't regret it, I said during a speech at the Turning Point USA conference on Friday. I'm not going to back down. I'm not going to run from you, I'm not apologizing.
He was referring to being called a traitor and objecting to certifying the election last year.
The night before, the committee showed footage of the senator fleeing a Trump crowd on the day of the riot. The senator was made fun of on social media.
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The committee pointed out that the video was ironic since Hawley was seen riling up the crowd and raising his fist to protesters.
Elaine Luria, a Virginia Democrat who is helping lead Thursday's hearing, said that the senator had to flee. He raised his fist in solidarity with the protesters at the security gates as he walked across the East Front of the Capitol earlier that day.
He defended himself on January 6.
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