Dems dispense with decorum, slam Johnson

[marmar]

(Salon) Republican Sen. Ron Johnson is now complaining that the left is trying to "silence" him after he claimed that while he has not afraid of the violent mob of Trump supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol while all of Congress was inside, he would have been frightened by a Black Lives Matter protest.

In a Wall Street Journal op-ed this week, Johnson, R-Wis., doubled down on his comments about the pro-Trump rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, insisting that the left is attempting to "silence" him. Last week, during an interview with conservative radio host Joe Pags, Johnson admitted that he didn't feel threatened by the pro-Trump rioters who staged an armed insurrection at the Capitol but might have if the rioters had been Black Lives Matter protestors or Antifa.

"Now, had the tables been turned — Joe, this could get me in trouble — had the tables been turned," Johnson said, "and President Trump won the election and those were tens of thousands of Black Lives Matter and Antifa protesters, I might have been a little concerned."

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That same day, Johnson penned an op-ed in the Journal to further his case. "I told Joe Pags the truth," he wrote, "I honestly never felt threatened on Jan. 6. But, I added, I might have been worried if Donald Trump had won and the violent leftists who burned Kenosha, Wis., and Minneapolis last summer had come to Washington." .............(more)

https://www.salon.com/2021/03/19/ron-johnson-labeled-a-racist-by-his-colleagues-in-congress/

[nykym]

1. What no one asks is

if Johnson felt so comfortable with the insurrectionists why did he run away with the others?

[blm]

2. Worst violence at Floyd protests was committed fy RW extremists

who also committed ALL of the murders of law enforcement during those protests.

Far-right extremist shot at Minneapolis' police precinct to spark violence during Floyd protests, FBI says
https://news.yahoo.com/far-extremist-shot-minneapolis-police-184300735.html

Far-right ‘boogaloo boys’ linked to killing of California law officers and other violence
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-06-17/far-right-boogaloo-boys-linked-to-killing-of-california-lawmen-other-violence

[sfstaxprep]

3. Fuck Congress And Their Bullshit "Decorum"

I still think our side is too respectfully to these pieces of shit who have the gall to make statements like this dipshit Johnson made.

Their side thinks they can say ANYTHING, and not get push back, because in Congress, you're supposed to be respectful to the other side, regardless of what Bullshit they're spewing.

I wish someone would take the leap and call them what they are. RACIST TRAITORS, who only care about their political fortunes, rather than preserving Democracy in America.

[Bayard]

4. BLM protesters would have never made it to the steps of the Capitol

They would have been gunned down.