Sen. Ron Johnson Says He Didn’t Feel Threatened By Capitol Rioters, But ‘Might Have’ If They’d Been BLM Protesters
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin) has frequently called into conservative talk radio shows in his home state to pedal conspiracy theories and racist rhetoric. In a call on Thursday, Johnson said he did not feel threatened by the almost exclusively white Capitol insurrectionists, but “might have” if the crowd were Black Lives Matter protesters. “Even though those thousands of people that were marching to the Capitol were trying to pressure people like me to vote the way they wanted me to vote, I knew those were people that love this country, that truly respect law enforcement, would never do anyth...