It wasn’t loud. It wasn’t theatrical. It wasn’t the kind of viral clip that usually dominates cable news because someone shouted the loudest. Instead, it was something much rarer in Washington: a quiet, surgical dismantling of an argument so devastating it left one of the Senate’s most combative Republicans, Josh Hawley, utterly speechless.

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The Hearing Everyone Thought Would Be Routine

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Hawley’s Attack

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The Date That Changed Everything

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A Room Frozen in Shock

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Social Media Explodes

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Supporters Call It a Defining Moment

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Critics Scramble

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A Lesson in Political Power

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What’s Next for Crockett?

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Final Word