Hawley Falsely Claims Credit For $100 Million Military Housing Project That He Voted Against Multiple Times

St. Louis’s NBC affiliate reports:

At a recent campaign stop in the suburbs of St. Louis, reporters asked Republican Sen. Josh Hawley to list his top three accomplishments he felt made him worthy of re-election for a second six-year term. “We got new housing for our soldiers in Fort Leonard Wood,” he replied.

Hawley’s campaign routinely repeats this claim in email blasts, social media posts and campaign materials. We can verify: No, Hawley did not secure the Fort Leonard Wood funding. In fact, he voted against military construction budgets multiple times.

Read the full article. Not only did Hawley vote against the project, the report below notes that in 2019 Trump defunded all such military projects to divert the money to his border wall.

“We can VERIFY: No, Hawley did not secure $100 million for Fort Leonard Wood’s military housing.”

Lying about supporting military families? While even voting AGAINST supporting them? That amounts to nothing more than stolen valor.https://t.co/jWt78m2qd4

— Lucas Kunce (@LucasKunceMO) September 28, 2024