Hawley sees link to sexual revolution, sex trafficking
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley is drawing attention after a report that he told a gathering of pastors last month that sex trafficking is linked to the sexual revolution of the 1960s.
The Kansas City Star reported Wednesday that it obtained audio from a speech Hawley gave at a "Pastors and Pews" event in Kansas City. Hawley told pastors that the sexual revolution led to a culture that he says "has completely lost its way."
Hawley is seeking the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill in November.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Kelli Ford, Hawley's campaign spokeswoman, in an email to The Associated Press blamed "Hollywood and the media" for a cultural shift in the 1960s and 1970s that made it OK "to treat women as objects for male gratification."