Sen. Hawley parlayed his silly unfounded election fraud claims into a fundraising plea that worked. (Politico)

Sen. Hawley did the wrong thing by trying to undermine American democracy with his 2020 election lies. Unfortunately, the lure of raising millions of dollars in cash to pad his campaign coffers proved too enticing. The damage to America and the public’s trust in our institutions is immense but that never enters the equation for the Trump cultists who cannot wrap their heads around the fact he lost the 2020 election. Senators like Hawley and Cruz have vast swaths of the public convinced of their lies and undoing that damage will be nearly impossible.