As Congress debates Jan. 6 commission, some Republicans look to downplay Capitol riot
While lawmakers debate whether to create a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, a number of congressional Republicans are insisting that the events of that day were no big deal.
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., has been downplaying a mob’s attempt to stop the certification of the 2020 presidential election results for months, and on Wednesday night he went on Fox News to continue asserting that there was not an insurrection.
“Calling it an insurrection ... it wasn’t,” Johnson said in an interview with Laura Ingraham. “I condemn the breach, I condemn the violence, but to say there were thousands of armed insurrectionists breaching the Capitol, attempting to overthrow the government, is simply a false narrative.
“By and large, it was peaceful protests except for there were a number of people, basically agitators, that whipped the crowd and breached the Capitol, and that’s really the truth of what’s happening here,” Johnson added.
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Senator RonJohn most people are not as stupid as you.
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