This is Tyler O'Neil and this is a daily signal podcast and bonus episode for Friday, May 26th.

I sat down with Senator Josh Hawley of the great State of Missouri just before he gave

really inspiring remarks at the National Religious Broadcasters Convention on Wednesday.

So here is the brief interview we did there and just think you can read more about his speech

at dailysignal.com.

This is Tyler O'Neil, a managing editor at the daily signal and I'm honored to be joined by

Senator Josh Hawley from the great State of Missouri.

Thank you so much for having me, great to be with you.

Senator Hawley, you have a new book on manhood coming out.

Would you address some of the worst attack on manhood that you've seen and how your book really

speaks into that?

I think the worst attack on manhood is the lie the left has told for years now which is to be a man

is to be toxic. That to be a man is to make the world a worse place just by existing.

That to be a boy that there's something fundamentally wrong with that. We've got to turn that narrative

around because it's a lie. The truth is we need stronger men in America who will take on

responsibility, who will be protectors, who will be providers, who will be independent and by

doing those things will transform their families in this nation.

Yeah and you've opened a very important investigation into the St. Louis gender clinic

after that brave whistleblower revealed the transitions on children for the flimsiest

of circumstances. Is there anything you can say about that investigation?

Well, that it's ongoing and that it's much needed and I want to applaud our state attorney general

who's also taking decisive action legally in the state to try to protect kids. Listen,

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