Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) is questioning whether or not the armed rebel of the Capitol occurred, despite the fact that there’s video and legislation enforcement proof.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported:
“This didn’t appear to be an armed rebel to me,” the Oshkosh Republican stated in an interview on WISN-AM with conservative speak radio present host Jay Weber, after condemning the occasions on the U.S. Capitol that day.
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“I imply ‘armed,’ while you hear ‘armed,’ don’t you consider firearms? Right here’s the questions I might have preferred to ask. What number of firearms have been confiscated? What number of pictures have been fired? I’m solely conscious of 1 and I’ll defend that legislation enforcement officer for taking that shot. It was a tragedy, OK? However I feel there was just one.”
Regulation enforcement has stated that insurrectionists have been armed. The home terrorists additionally planted bombs at different places. Johnson’s feedback are each absurd and offensive, however they signify the gameplan for Trump loyalists going ahead.
Folks like Sen. Ron Johnson are going to downplay and decrease Trump’s try to overthrow the federal government. There will probably be a lot of rewriting of historical past as Republicans will inform the American folks to not imagine what they noticed with their very own eyes.
Ron Johnson is up for reelection in 2022, and he’s trying to pander to each Trump voter in Wisconsin by pushing a brand new large lie that the assault on the Capitol was not as dangerous because it was.
Sen. Johnson doesn’t belong in the US Senate. He was a keen instrument of the Russians, as he used his committee chairmanship to launder Russian conspiracies and propaganda.
Johnson is attempting to rewrite the historical past of final month, and pave the way in which for the return of Donald Trump.
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Mr. Easley is the founder/managing editor, who’s White Home Press Pool, and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Diploma in Political Science. His graduate work centered on public coverage, with a specialization in social reform actions.
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