Josh Hawley

Yale-educated populist. Raised fist to Jan 6 crowd, then fled. Anti-Big Tech rhetoric while taking tech donor money.

Before politics: Law clerk, Stanford/Yale law professor, Missouri Attorney General

35Integrity

65Sleaze

20Barnacle

80Citizen

Barnacle Score Breakdown

Tenure2.2/25

7 years in office

Citizen Ratio5.6/20

18 yrs private sector

Wealth Gap0/25

Est. $1.2M net worth

Revolving Door8/15

Staff/lobbyist signal

Entrenchment4.1/15

In current role since 2019

Wealth Context

Govt Salary Ceiling

$1.1M

7 yrs × $150k/yr

Estimated Net Worth

$1.2M

Public disclosure estimate

Unexplained Gap

$0.1M

Above salary ceiling

AI Integrity Analysis

Voting Record

Ukraine Aid PackageNO

Foreign Policy · 2024

American Innovation and Choice Online ActYES

Tech Antitrust · 2022

Bipartisan Infrastructure LawNO

Infrastructure · 2021

Electoral College CertificationNO

Democracy · 2021

CARES ActYES

Economy · 2020

Donor Contributions

No donor data available.

Public Statements

"Big Tech is a threat to free speech. We must break up Google, Facebook, and Amazon."

Technology · Senate Judiciary Committee · 2021

"I will never vote to raise the debt ceiling without serious spending cuts."

Economy · Senate floor statement · 2021

"The working class has been abandoned by both political parties. I intend to fight for them."

Economy · Book "The Tyranny of Big Tech" · 2021

"I was there, I was standing there, and I saluted to those protesters as they were marching down to the Capitol."

Democracy · Podcast interview · 2021