evidence: Josh Hawley criticized for posting fake Patrick Henry quote claiming US founded 'on the Gospel' Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri has garnered backlash for posting a fake quote attributed to Patrick Henry claiming that America was founded "on the Gospel of Jesus Christ." [...] "It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. For this very reason, peoples of other faiths have been afforded asylum, prosperity, and freedom of worship here," Hawley incorrectly quoted Henry as saying.