Five people died in an attack on the Capitol last week one of the worst crises the U.S. government has ever faced but Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), who helped incite the riot, believes he is the real victim.

In an interview with Fox News on Monday night, Hawley did not even mention the violence at the Capitol. Instead, he whined about publisher Simon & Schuster canceling his book deal.

They dont like the exercise of free speech, Hawley said, adding that his starring role as the lead objector to the presidential election merely reprised Democratic objections to elections in prior years.

A key difference, though, is that when Democrats objected to certifying election results, they didnt do so with the full backing of the losing candidate while also fomenting a crowd of supporters angling for violence.

The threat was so obvious that Capitol Police told lawmakers to use underground tunnels to get from their offices to the Capitol building. Hawley instead opted to make a grand entrance from the Capitol Plaza and raise his fist to the crowd , members of which soon stormed the Capitol, ransacked offices and killed a police officer. They did it all to thwart the certification of the election that President Donald Trump, Hawley and others dishonestly claimed was tainted by fraud.

Simon & Schuster saw what happened and canceled Hawleys forthcoming book about the tyranny of big tech companies.

As a publisher it will always be our mission to amplify a variety of voices and viewpoints: at the same time we take seriously our larger public responsibility as citizens, and cannot support Senator Hawley after his role in what became a dangerous threat to our democracy and freedom, the publisher said .