Ron "the dumbass" Johnson defends pro-Trump protesters who stormed Capitol, falsely blaming

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

insurrection on ‘fake supporters’

At a high-profile hearing on the insurrection at the US Capitol earlier this year, Senator Ron Johnson on Tuesday claimed the mood of pro-Trump protesters who eventually stormed the Capitol had been “festive” before police fired a tear gas canister at them.

The Wisconsin Republican has been one of the chief promoters in Congress of discredited conspiracy theories that it was not supporters of the former president who perpetrated the attack on the legislature, but rather a small set of imposters.

Mr Johnson’s theories have been widely debunked and disproven by federal records on those who have been arrested for their roles in the riots.

On Tuesday Mr Johnson, citing the first-hand account of right-wing think tank scholar J Michael Waller published in the far-right publication The Federalist, blamed a cadre of “fake Trump supporters” for provoking police at the Capitol, who then provoked the larger crowd into riotous behaviour when they responded in kind.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/republican-senator-defends-pro-trump-174237770.html

Is this the "no true Scotsman" argument.

[StClone]

1. Johnson is moving to Iowa

And raising the IQ of both states, but not by much.

[Poiuyt]

8. I saw what you did there!

[cyclonefence]

2. Has a single one of the people arrested

been found to be anything but a rabid Trump supporter or otherwise RW nut?

Conversely, how many Antifa "members" have been identified among those arrested?

[tanyev]

9. Those sneaky bastards wore their Antifa invisibility cloaks that day.

[Midnight Writer]

3. "The mood of the rapist was ebullient until the victim started resisting"

[lapfog_1]

4. every time I think of "festival"

I think camo, body armor, helmets, and walkie talkies.

[Tetrachloride]

5. I submit the hypothesis that Johnson is more Russian asset than dumb.

[LakeArenal]

6. Festivities list:

Drum up tension at rally.

Tell them to “be strong” and give them
Senators our message.

Make sure festivities have lots of bats, bear spray, flag poles, armor-upped full combat fatigues, pot, crowbars, etc.

Start a chorus of familiar festive songs:

Hang Pence.
Pelosi we are coming for you.
Ted Cruz would want us to do this. (My favorite.)

Be sure to practice racial slurs.

Beat cops up with Blue Live Matter Flag.

Cheer the Festivities from your bunker spot with your children.

Let the festivities begin.

[Walleye]

7. I don't remember the antifa shaman with horns and a spear.

[Poiuyt]

10. I knew it! I knew it!

Hilary Clinton and Barak Obama were the main instigators. Of course, they wouldn't have been able to do anything without the funding of George Soros.

[PatSeg]

11. And he did it in such a way that he doesn't have to

own those words. He read the opinion of someone else, J. Michael Waller. Later when it is proven that what he said wasn't true, he can just say he was quoting Waller.