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NBC News reports:
Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson defended President Donald Trump’s recent calls for China and Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden in a combative “Meet the Press” interview Sunday morning where he accused Democrats and the media of trying to sabotage the Trump administration.
“Let me tell you why I’m pretty sympathetic with what President Trump has gone through,” Johnson said when asked about allegations of an effort by the president and his administration to link military aid for Ukraine to promises from the government there to investigate Biden and the origins of former special counsel Bob Mueller’s investigation into foreign interference in the 2016 election.
“I’m here to report today that, unlike the narrative of the press that President Trump wants to dig up dirt on his 2020 opponent, what he wants is an accounting of what happened in 2016. Who set him up? Did things spring from Ukraine?” Johnson said.
WATCH: @SenRonJohnson is asked why he winced & brings up a “conspiracy theory.”@chucktodd: “I have no idea why we’re going here. … Can we please answer the question I asked you instead of trying to make Donald Trump feel better here that you’re not criticizing him?” #MTP pic.twitter.com/41i7WPHQlF
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) October 6, 2019
Holy. Fucking. Shit.
Chuck Todd got PISSED, y’all.
WATCH: Ron Johnson was asked why he winced, brings up a conspiracy theory, can’t answer a simple fucking question to save his life.#PerryMadeMeDoIt #sundaymorning #sundaythoughts #secondwhistleblowerpic.twitter.com/yOtvHTSM4I
— Holly Figueroa O’Reilly (@AynRandPaulRyan) October 6, 2019
Well, Sen. Ron Johnson’s profile in courage has gone poof.
— Jonathan Capehart (@CapehartJ) October 6, 2019
Hard to come to any conclusion other than Ron Johnson is a crackpot. I can’t believe the people of Wisconsin will re elect him. THis is the best attack ad stuff on Johnson in his own words that I have ever heard https://t.co/FVAWx7Ojyx
— Howard Dean (@GovHowardDean) October 6, 2019
Senator Ron Johnson demonstrates the #Republican strategy going forward: answer no questions; loudly voice Republican talking points over and over: lie endlessly and thusly avoid any questioner’s turn by talking over them. #meetthepress “interview” was nauseating.
— Greg Brown (@gdavidbrown) October 6, 2019
WATCH: @SenRonJohnson is asked why he winced & brings up a “conspiracy theory.”@chucktodd: “I have no idea why we’re going here. … Can we please answer the question I asked you instead of trying to make Donald Trump feel better here that you’re not criticizing him?” #MTP pic.twitter.com/41i7WPHQlF
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) October 6, 2019
On “Meet the Press,” Sen. Ron Johnson declared that he does not trust the CIA or FBI while launching into a series of conspiratorial attacks on Democrats and intelligence officials regarding the Ukraine scandal https://t.co/KhuE7AbFyT
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) October 6, 2019
Chuck Todd blows up on Ron Johnson in stunning shouting match after Trump defender refuses to answer his questionshttps://t.co/LterSKQMA1
— Raw Story (@RawStory) October 6, 2019
The Ron Johnson performance on @MeetThePress was beyond embarrassing. Recommendation to my former colleagues: don’t do this. Stay off tv if you’re afraid. But don’t do this. History will not be kind.
— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) October 6, 2019
omg. Senator Ron Johnson is actually talking about PETER STRZOK on Meet the Press!
These guys are MELTING. DOWN.
— Zac Petkanas (@Zac_Petkanas) October 6, 2019
Chuck Todd Shouts Down GOP Sen. Ron Johnson in Off the Rails Clash on Trump-Ukraine: ‘Fox News Conspiracy Propaganda Stuff!’ https://t.co/P83MCkKzYT
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) October 6, 2019