On Monday night, Antifa reportedly descended on Republican Senator Josh Hawley’s Washington, D.C. home and intimidated his wife and newborn child. Hawley was in his home state Missouri at the time. Hawley has recently come under scrutiny for revealing his plan to object to the upcoming Electoral College vote certification on Jan. 6th.

Hawley tweeted about the incident, “Tonight while I was in Missouri, Antifa scumbags came to our place in DC and threatened my wife and newborn daughter, who can’t travel. They screamed threats, vandalized, and tried to pound open our door. Let me be clear: My family & I will not be intimidated by leftwing violence”

The far-left group ShutDownDC took credit for the attack on the GOP senator’s home and attempted to masquerade the incident as a “vigil.”

The Daily Wire reports ShutDownDC’s statement about the so-called “vigil”:

This evening around a dozen activists with ShutDownDC held an hour long vigil at the Virginia home of Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) to demand that he drop his baseless contestation of the 2020 presidential election results. Hawley was the first of 12 Republican senators who pledged to join more than 100 Republican House members in their plan to derail Congress’ acceptance of Joe Biden’s election win on January 6.

Activists lit candles and delivered a copy of the US Constitution to Hawley’s door. The crowd chanted “Shame! Shame on Hawley!” and “Protect Democracy from the GOP.” They also read messages from voters in the states whose election results Hawley and the other Senators are planning to contest, including Missouri and Pennsylvania. Police arrived at around 7:45 p.m.

“We came to let Hawley know that his actions are undemocratic and unacceptable,” said ShutDownDC activist Patrick Young. “Voters decided who they wanted to be president and now Hawley is trying to silence their voices, even after Republican election officials certified the vote counts. And let’s not forget that the bulk of the votes they would throw out come from black and brown voters. This is an attempted coup waged by silencing the voices of people of color.”

“One protester’s sign read, “There’s nothing wrong with saying you’ve recalculated,” referring to a recording of Trump’s recent phone conversation with the Georgia Secretary of State.

Senator Hawley blasted the Washington Post’s coverage of Antifa’s “vigil” claiming the outlet is purposefully misrepresenting the attack but remaining steadfast he will not be intimidated.

Senator Hawley tweeted, “@washingtonpost this morning printing outright lies from the Antifa group who new describe themselves as sweet angels. BS, You screamed through bullhorns, shouted down my wife when she asked you to leave, vandalized property, pounded on our door, and terrorized neighbors. And didn’t have the guts to do it in daylight, but only under cover of darkness so you could hide. You’re scum. And we won’t be intimidated.”