Senator Josh Hawley
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Senator Josh Hawley, Republican of Missouri, took federal court nominee Michael Bogren to task for comparing members of the Roman Catholic Church to the violent racist Klu Klux Klan in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his federal court nomination.
Unrepentant and steadfast, nominee Bogren claimed to be representing a client town in a legal manner in a pending case and stood his ground. This town had prohibited Christian beliefs and barred faithful Catholics from selling farm products who lived outside the town in a farmer's market.
Public Advocate has defended the Christian family business.
Hawley equally condemned that exact legal posture as anti-Christian and the exact reason to oppose his nomination to the federal bench.
Other Senators followed including Senator Ted Cruz.
Nominee Michel Bogren has withdrawn his nomination this week.