Tag Archives: Ron Johnson

Ron Johnson May Run For Senate Republican Leader

The Center Square reports: Wisconsin’s Republican U.S. Senator says he’s not looking to become the next Republican leader, but he’s not ruling it out either. Sen. Ron Johnson told News Talk 1130 WISN’s Jay Weber he is focused right now on organizing the search for someone to replace Mitch McConnell when McConnell leaves Senate leadership in November. “I think we …

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Ron Johnson Boasts Of Sabotaging Border Security Deal

Newsweek reports: Republican Senator Ron Johnson is leading efforts to block a deal on border security, the Wisconsin congressman recently said, adding that voters should be the ones deciding on the issue. Talking on Fox News’s The Ingraham Angle on Thursday about a border security deal reportedly in the works between Senate Democrats and Republicans, Johnson, who’s part of the …

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Johnson Claims Democrats Have Used Fake Electors

Mediaite has the transcript: KAITLIN COLLINS: They certainly did, Senator. I mean there were multiple slates of fake electors, including in your home state. They’re acknowledging that they were playing a role in trying to improperly overturn the election. That’s what they said. RON JOHNSON: They got themselves out of a nuisance lawsuit. They agreed to get– to settle a …

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Johnson Once Called Jews “Enemies Of The Gospel”

The Huffington Post reports: In 2004, Johnson was the lead attorney for Stockwell Place Elementary when the Bossier Parish public school got sued for pushing Christianity on its students. A set of Jewish parents sued the school after learning it was holding prayer sessions, teaching Christian songs in class and promoting a teacher-led prayer group called Stallions for Christ that …

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Ron Johnson: “These Windmills Are Killing The Whales”

Rolling Stone reports: During a Sunday appearance on Fox News, Sen. Ron Johnson alleged that ocean “windmills… are killing the whales,” but this is nothing more than misinformation that expert scientists and the government have repeatedly rebuked. While discussing climate change on Fox’s Sunday Morning Futures, Johnson said, “All this climate alarmism is based on bad science… Again, the climate …

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Sen. Ron Johnson: “COVID Was Pre-Planned By Elites”

“Maria, you know, the doctors I’ve been dealing with and talking to for years now, they believe that probably hundreds of thousands of Americans lost their lives because they were denied real treatment. “And they were denied it because the FDA sabotaged, for example, ivermectin, who said, come on, you all, you’re not a cow, you’re not a horse. “We …

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Johnson: Proof Of Biden’s Crimes “Has To Be Inferred”

“People that commit criminal acts try not to leave a paper trail. So it’s very difficult to piece this all together, particularly when you have the leftists, the progressives and the mainstream media doing everything they can to undermine your investigation. On the bank records, you’re not going to see [a] bribe to change this policy. You have to infer …

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Ron Johnson: “A Warming Globe Is Actually Beneficial” Because That Means Fewer People Will Freeze To Death

Raw Story reports: Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), who narrowly won his recent reelection, complained that global climate change didn’t really matter because his state could use a little less snow. Speaking in the Senate Budget Committee Wednesday, economist Michael Greenstone addressed the health costs of climate change. Johnson picked up one of the maps that were part of the exhibits …

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Johnson: My Priority Is Advocating For Vaccine-Injured

“I’m not chairman of the committee where I have subpoena power. So it’s more difficult for me to compel testimony. But one of the main reasons I ran again, Maria, is nobody else is advocating for the vaccine-injured. These vaccine injuries are real. They’re serious. They’re not all that rare. But that’s what I’m going to be focusing on, because …

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Johnson Calls Biden “Delusional” On China [Video]

The Hill reports: Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) said President Biden is “detached from reality” and “delusional” about the threat posed by China, after the U.S. shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon that traveled over the country earlier this month. “He’s detached from reality. He’s delusional,” Johnson said of Biden on FOX News’ “Sunday Morning Futures.” “He says that we …

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Ron Johnson And Chuck Todd Spar Over GOP Hypocrisy

The Hill reports: Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) on Sunday sparred with journalist Chuck Todd over the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, President Biden’s son Hunter Biden and media bias in a tense interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” Todd questioned whether the GOP’s criticism of and probes into Hunter Biden’s business dealings might be hypocritical since the party was …

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Ron Johnson Projected To Win Wisconsin Senate Race

Milwaukee’s NBC affiliate reports: Ron Johnson won the race for Wisconsin’s U.S. Senate seat, defeating Mandela Barnes, NBC News projected on Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. CNN also projected Johnson as the winner. Johnson clinched 51 percent of the vote, compared to Barnes’ 49 percent. Like fellow Democrat and Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, Barnes tried to make the midterm election a …

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Johnson Refuses To Say He’ll Accept Election Result

The Hill reports: Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) on Thursday failed to confirm that he will accept the 2022 midterm election results, alleging that Democrats might attempt to cheat in this year’s contest. During interactions with the press on Thursday, a reporter asked the incumbent if he would concede if the vote count showed that he lost. Johnson responded: “I sure …

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Johnson Warns Wisconsinites Against Early Voting

The Heartland Signal reports: During a tele-town hall, Ron Johnson said that he only recommends early voting if you have a Republican county clerk running elections, casting doubt on Milwaukee County’s Democratic clerk. “I would recommend early voting particularly if you have a Republican election clerk,” Johnson said when a caller asked if she should vote early. “I’m not sure …

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Obama To Campaign For Barnes In WI Senate Race

NBC News reports: Former President Barack Obama is heading to Wisconsin later this month to help boost Senate candidate Mandela Barnes, a Democrat challenging GOP Sen. Ron Johnson, as well Gov. Tony Evers’ re-election bid. The joint event, set for Oct. 29 in Milwaukee, will also promote other Democrats on the November ballot, including Attorney General Josh Kaul and Rep. …

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Sen. Ron Johnson Claims “The FBI Set Me Up” [VIDEO]

The Huffington Post reports: Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) had a raucous audience laughing during a campaign debate Thursday when he complained he had been “set up” by the FBI. Johnson was responding to an attack by his Democratic rival, Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, that the senator was once warned by the FBI that the Kremlin was trying to turn him …

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Ron Johnson Linked To Capitol Riot In New Ad [VIDEO]

The Hill reports: Democrat Mandela Barnes’ campaign released an ad on Thursday that highlights Sen. Ron Johnson’s (R-Wisc.) connection to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, arguing that the Republican senator “can’t be trusted.” In a 30-second ad first shared with The Hill, the Barnes campaign strung together clips from news reports that bring attention to Johnson’s association with …

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Hometown Paper: Send “Fabulist” Ron Johnson Packing

From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial board: He’s an election falsifier who recklessly promoted lies about the 2020 presidential race long after it was clear Donald Trump lost. He’s a science fabulist who suggested, without evidence, that the COVID-19 vaccines could make the pandemic worse and who repeatedly touted unproven remedies for the disease — from Ivermectin to mouthwash. He’s …

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Poll: Johnson +1 Over Barnes In Wisconsin Senate Race

CBS News reports: It seems like Wisconsin elections are always pretty close these days, and here are two more following that trend. The Senate race has incumbent Republican Sen. Ron Johnson running just one point ahead of Democrat Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes in a toss-up contest. But as much as the Republican base likes Johnson, he faces an equal measure …

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Johnson Defends Reversal On Codifying Obergefell

The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports: After tens of millions of dollars in dueling ads and weeks of circling each other on the campaign trail, Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson and his Democratic challenger, Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes finally squared off in their first debate Friday night. Meeting in a Milwaukee television studio with just a month to go before the midterms, …

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