HAWLEY WATCH
Tracking what he says vs. what he does
LATEST Credit Where It's Due: Hawley Takes On Fertilizer Price Gouging — Truth Score: 82%
16.7%
Consistency Ratio
30%
Avg. Truth Score
4 / 12
Consistent Positions
$15M+
Career Fundraising

Latest Analysis

economy missouri
Truth Score Mostly True
82 / 100

Credit Where It's Due: Hawley Takes On Fertilizer Price Gouging

Hawley sent detailed letters to five major fertilizer companies demanding answers about a 32% urea price spike — including Koch Fertilizer, whose parent company spent millions helping him win his Senate seat. This is genuine constituent advocacy, and he deserves credit for it.

Read Full Analysis → Sources: Hawley Senate Office, Hoosier Ag Today, Yahoo Finance, Brownfield Ag News
Receipts hawleywatch.com
What He Said
@HawleyMO · Jan 13, 2026

“President Trump is working to cap credit card rates... The Left just doesn't get it”
The Receipt
Hawley co-sponsored the Credit Card Rate Cap Act with Bernie Sanders in 2023 — the exact same policy he's now praising Trump for while attacking “The Left.”
Source: Congress.gov, S.2023-XXX
Mostly True — 82% Full Analysis →
healthcare missouri
Truth Score False
22 / 100

Hawley Cites Debunked Study to Push Mifepristone Ban His Own Voters Oppose

Hawley introduced a bill to strip FDA approval of mifepristone, citing a study that claims an 11% adverse event rate. The FDA's own data says under 0.5%. Major medical organizations call the study 'junk science.' And Missouri voters approved abortion protections just 16 months ago.

Read Full Analysis → Sources: STLPR, KCUR, The Hill, Reason, Courthouse News, FDA, KFF, ACOG, Ballotpedia, OpenSecrets
foreign policy democracy
Truth Score Misleading
35 / 100

Six Days, Two Votes: Hawley's Venezuela War Powers Reversal

On January 8, Hawley voted to restrict Trump's military authority in Venezuela, citing the Constitution. Six days later — after Trump said he 'should never be elected to office again' — Hawley reversed his vote and killed the resolution.

Read Full Analysis → Sources: STLPR, KCUR, NPR, The Hill, The Intercept, NBC News, Newsweek
culture war economy
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Josh Hawley
@HawleyMO
Hawley praises Trump for proposing a credit card rate cap — the same policy Hawley himself co-sponsored with Bernie Sanders in 2023. He calls transgender women 'men,' creates a false dichotomy between civil rights and economics, and omits that Democrats proposed these same economic policies first.
January 13, 2026
Truth Score Misleading
30 / 100

Democrats, Trans Athletes, and Credit Cards: Hawley's Misleading Tweet

Hawley praises Trump for proposing a credit card rate cap — the same policy Hawley himself co-sponsored with Bernie Sanders in 2023. He calls transgender women 'men,' creates a false dichotomy between civil rights and economics, and omits that Democrats proposed these same economic policies first.

Read Full Analysis → Sources: PolitiFact, NPR, OpenSecrets, CNBC
democracy culture war
Truth Score False
8 / 100

'White Homeland': Schmitt's Openly Supremacist Speech

At the 2025 National Conservatism Conference, Senator Eric Schmitt declared America a 'white homeland.' The U.S. population is 42% non-white. Indigenous peoples lived here for 15,000+ years before European contact.

Read Full Analysis → Sources: Missouri Independent, Campaign Legal Center, U.S. Census Bureau