Johnson says the FBI set him up. The audience laughs at him.

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

[Hekate]

1. Laughter is a bad sign

[Nevilledog]

2. For Johnson, yes.

[central scrutinizer]

3. My sig line

“Against the assault of laughter, nothing can stand” Mark Twain

[dchill]

13. Right 👍!

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

4. Watching this I thought it was a Saturday Night Live routine.

[Cozmo]

5. Does Ron John have the good sense to feel embarrassed?

[SergeStorms]

7. I think not.

I think he's without any sense whatsoever.

[Hamlette]

6. how/why did they set him up

I might not be familiar with this story.

[NoMoreRepugs]

8. He should change his name to Senator Buffoon.

[LT Barclay]

9. What is really funny about the MAGA type republicans is that they are trying to copy Trump's schtick

and sometimes they take it too far.
So sometimes the audience follows, and other times they head for the exits. And who said Vaudeville was dead?

[Justice matters.]

10. That guy has something really wrong going on deep inside his brain cells. eom

[StClone]

11. Agreed, a perfect "Conservative" or whatever they really are.

Wisconsin suffers mightily as we are under the near-total control of Cons. up and down, from dogcatcher to Wis. Supreme Court, by lumpsuckers like this dildo aka Johnson.

[LuvLoogie]

12. God, that's pathetic.

What kind of shit souls elect a guy like that? When you need to hire a bunch of turds fucking democracy to turn your agenda into policy, perhaps it's time to drop any moral supremacist pretense.

[Warpy]

14. Oh, that did me a world of good

even though I know it was probably the other guy's claque.

It's the only rational response to these dimwitted stuffed shirts when they start to claim they're victims.

[SCantiGOP]

15. I just wish I had been smart enough to come up with this

The first time I got in trouble.

----Mom, I swear those dirty books aren't mine, the FBI is trying to set me up.

[PatSeg]

16. Damn, these people are running out

of people to blame. More and more it's looking like everyone is against them!

[AleksS]

17. What drives me crazy is, once again,

If this was a Democrat, we would kick him to the curb with gusto for much much less (remember the “Dean Scream?”) but this will barely cause a ripple in RoJo’s support.

It makes me want to tear out what little hair I have left!

[Wild blueberry]

18. Hilarious!

As a Wisconsiner who watched the debate, I was laughing with the audience.
Was also laughing at Ronald's attempt to pose as a working man, instead of guy who married the boss's daughter and got the company.
What's not funny are his ties to Russia.
VOTE Barnes Nov. 8!

[ShazzieB]

19. For anyone who (like me) didn't know what he was talking about...

Here's an article that explains the whole thing: https://www.mediaite.com/politics/debate-audience-bursts-out-laughing-after-ron-johnson-claims-the-fbi-set-me-up/ (no paywall)

It's even funnier when you know what the "joke" is! 😉

[Hermit-The-Prog]

20. Thanks!