Since arriving in Washington, Josh Hawley has worked to mold himself as a populist, working person's champion.
Yet posing as a down-home populist has been one of the keys to Hawley’s rise. One example: During his 2018 run for Senate, he faced a serious liability in the lawsuit that he and other Republican attorneys general filed to nullify the Affordable Care Act, which would have yanked protections for preexisting conditions away from all Americans. So he aired an ad claiming to be the guardian of those protections for families like his own: “We’ve got two perfect little boys. Just ask their momma.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/12/01/josh-hawley-shows-what-gop-politics-after-trump-will-look-like/More recently, he's been teaming up with Bernie to get a stimulus check passed, a surefire way to boost his populist bonafides. It's no secret that Josh Hawley sees his path to the nomination as a socially conservative populist in the mold of Trump. Is this a good strategy for Hawley to win the nomination and presidency? Will voters in the primary and general respond favorably?
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