Ron Johnson: the most irresponsible representative of Wisconsin since the infamous Sen. Mccarthy

[rdking647]

according to the milwaukee journal

Johnson’s misleading medicine show Monday included charts showing thousands of deaths supposedly linked to the vaccines. But the data he relied on — reports to the federal government’s vaccine adverse event website that anyone can file — prove nothing. The federal government requires health care providers to report deaths after COVID-19 vaccination to the site even if it's unclear whether the vaccine had anything to do with it.



But Johnson's antagonistic relationship with science is nothing new, as Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter John Fauber has documented.

During a meeting with the Journal Sentinel editorial board in 2010, Johnson claimed global warming was more likely caused by sunspots than human activity. Over the years, he continued to downplay climate change, claiming as recently as 2016 that the climate hadn’t warmed in “quite a few years,” which he said was “proven scientifically.”

https://www.jsonline.com/story/opinion/2021/06/30/ron-johnsons-anti-science-crusade-harms-wisconsin-vaccination-drive/7802794002/

[TheRealNorth]

1. Anti-vaxxers have done the same thing with other vaccines as well

[Skittles]

2. he needs to be sued

it's just plain wrong to spread misinformation during a pandemic

[maxsolomon]

3. He is what the voters of Wisconsin wanted.

They knew exactly who and what he was when they put him BACK in that seat: a know-nothing reactionary clown.

Pretty shameful.

[33taw]

4. I am not so sure about that. Ron Johnson was re-elected at the same time as Trump.

I believe that it is likely there was manipulation of the votes during that election. He was unpopular at the time and Feingold was significantly ahead in the polls. Since 2016 Wisconsin has elected a Democratic Governor, Democratic Attorney General, Democratic State Treasurer, Democratic Secretary of State, re-elected Tammy Baldwin by a significant percentage, and is on the cusp of flipping the Supreme Court. I would argue that Scott Walker is the most destructive Wisconsin politician since McCarthy. Walker worked with the republican legislature to gerrymander our state in 2010 when democrats did not have a good turnout at the polls - which is also when Johnson was first elected. I think democrats in WI have learned that lesson.

[maxsolomon]

6. What was the "manipulation"?

Trump won, Johnson won. Are you alleging fraud, like Former Guy is alleging for 2020?

[33taw]

7. I am not alleging anything. There were concerns that Russia manipulated data in WI and other states

in 2016. The allegations came mainly out of the 8th CD and Outagamie county. Regardless of 2016, many Democrats have been working hard to elect Democratic candidates successfully since 2016. Overcoming Walker is a huge challenge.

[maxsolomon]

8. Ok, I guess I misinterpreted this statement as an allegation:

"I believe that it is likely there was manipulation of the votes during that election."

Now you say it was "Data".

I say it's more likely that more people voted for Johnson than Feingold - because GOP Propaganda works.

[33taw]

9. Okay, you may be right. I still believe when Johnson finally leaves regardless of the circumstance,

WI will recover, however, Walker did much more lasting damage.

[maxsolomon]

10. Agreed on that. Johnson is a malignant clown.

It's as if WI doesn't have a Senator; he and Baldwin cancel each other out.

[LakeArenal]

5. Oh I don't know. The Wis Repubs are all flesh eating parasites.

Kochsuckers.