Ron Johnson sat down for an interview at NBC26 in Green Bay. When the matter of the January 6th riot came up, RoJo got a bit confused, to put it kindly.
When the reporter asked him about how he had described the riot as a "peaceful protest," he immediately accused her of misquoting him. He claimed that after being ushered out of the Senate chambers for the "peaceful protest," he went to his office and turned on the TV.
Then I turned on the TV and saw the violence. I condemned it immediately. I condemned it forcefully. I condemned it repeatedly. As I condemned the violence that occurred during the 570 riots in the summer of 2020.
RoJo then focused on the summer of 2020 BLM protests, especially regarding the events in Kenosha. He even referred to the two people who were murdered during that summer but somehow failed to mention that Killer Kyle Rittenhouse was the one responsible for the deaths. He also failed to mention the deaths and injuries that occurred on January 6th on the "mostly peaceful protests."
The funny thing is, while I can find multiple instances of RoJo complaining about the BLM protests, how terrible they were and how horrible it was that law enforcement wasn't doing enough about them, I couldn't find one example of him condemning the January 6th riot. RoJo did deny that it was an armed riot and described it as a "Democratic hoax." RoJo also spent time reading a Federalist article of the course of events, again blaming outside agitators.
And just this week, it came out again that he did not believe it to be an armed riot because there were no firearms (there were actually three):
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) this morning at the Milwaukee Rotary Club: “To call what happened on Jan. 6 an ‘armed insurrection,’ I just think it's inaccurate."
"Now, some of the protestors did teach us all how you can use flag poles, that kind of stuff." pic.twitter.com/GSmu4WLnyf— Heartland Signal (@HeartlandSignal) October 4, 2022
It's been 12 years too long of putting up with RoJo's constant lies and self-contradictions. He really needs to be sent home packing, preferably to his place in Florida so he can be close to his beloved Mango Mussolini and away from civilization.
