Newly-elected Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley gave his first speech on the Senate floor Wednesday.

He talked about his hometown and that working men and women are the ones who have made this nation what it is.

Today in my first official speech from the Senate floor, I got to share about my hometown, and the working men and women who built this country. It’s time we focused on them pic.twitter.com/IGRXol9Kh3 — Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) May 15, 2019

He called on Republicans to “revitalized the great American middle and beware of cultural elites.”

Here’s what he said about it on ‘Fox and Friends’ Thursday.

Talking about my maiden speech with @foxandfriends. The elite class in this country have enriched themselves & ignored the great middle of our society for too long. And the DC establishment has gone right along. Time to do something about it pic.twitter.com/RL6S2bhwHN — Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) May 16, 2019

Rubio approved.

Great first speech in the U.S. Senate yesterday by ⁦@HawleyMO⁩ He vividly outlined the disconnect between much of America & the elites in academia,media & government that is driving our current cultural, social & political divisions

https://t.co/QTQ0O1x3rT — Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) May 16, 2019

A clear definition of much of America by an intelligent; young Conservative US Senator! https://t.co/td0GimbGkK — P.K.Thumbi (@Thumbi_PK) May 15, 2019

Hawley unseated two-time incumbent Missouri Democrat Sen. Claire McCaskill by six points and over 140,000 votes in the 2018 midterms last November.

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