In a recent Senate Judiciary Committee meeting on June 18, 2025, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) demolished the DNC narrative about Joe Biden’s mental competence that Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Peter Welch (D-VT) quickly left. Before they beat a retreat, the Democrats labeled the hearing a distraction from critical issues, like the violent anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles.
For context, former President Joe Biden’s reckless handling of classified documents is a national security disaster. By storing sensitive materials in unsecured locations, such as his garage or a freezer, he demonstrated his gross incompetence and disregard for national security.
Beginning his epic diatribe, the Republican senator said, “You are from the party that lied to this nation for four years. Let’s just take a look at some of the things that our colleagues said on the Democrat side, when their own justice department was concluding that Joe Biden, who let’s not forget, illegally, took classified documents, illegally to classified documents, and kept them in his garage, in his freezer.”
Going after the deep state, he pointed out, “I mean, lord knows where he certainly didn’t know their own justice department interviewed the guy and concluded he could not form the requisite mental state to stand trial. He did not have the mental ability to stand trial. And what did our Democrat colleagues say?”
Mocking failed candidate Kamala Harris, the Missouri Republican stated, “Vice President Harris says, Oh no, no. The way that the her report characterized the President so wrong. The President’s demeanor is totally fine. Senator Smith, what the her said about the President not remembering his son’s death so unfair?”
Slamming his opposition, the conservative recounted, “Senator Kaine said, this is grandstanding. Senator Fetterman said it’s just cheap shots. You had other senators saying. Senator Ossoff in February of 2024 2024 saying, and I quote, I found the president to be sharp, focused, impressive, formidable and effective.”
Bringing specific examples into the hearing. Hawley said, “In June 2024 Congressman Jeffries insists Biden was, and I’m quoting again, incredibly strong, forceful and decisive. Where are they? Now they don’t want to answer for any of those quotes. Now, they lied to us for four years, and we know they lied. They know they lied. It’s why they’re not here. They don’t want to answer a single question.”
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Slamming the DEmocrats, Hawley said, “They can’t bear to show their faces in public. And you know what? It’s right that they can’t do that because the bill of goods they sold this country. They walked this country right into one of the greatest constitutional crises of our history, of our history, and now they are afraid to even show up to admit it.”
Continuing his epic rebuke, the hard-nosed senator stated, “These are people, and this is a party that cannot be trusted with power, that cannot be trusted to tell the truth, the most basic truth. They all changed their tunes after Joe Biden debated President Trump, but the whole world could see he couldn’t even form a sentence, that running this guy for president again is a form of elder abuse.”
Slamming the duplicity of the Democrats, the Republican continued, “My, how they changed their tunes after that. Now they can’t even show up in public to talk about it. This is embarrassing. But worse than that, it’s dangerous. It is dangerous for this country. Mr. Well, I wanna pick up on something you just said a second ago about the OLC and their opinion as to when an auto pen can be used.”
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Concluding his epic diatribe, Hawley said, “To be clear about this, auto pen means not signed by the person. Auto pen is basically push of a button and it gets signed. OLC says only when the President specifically directs it, and it is under his direct authorities. “