The Independent reports:
Senator Ron Johnson, a Republican from Wisconsin, has received $1,269,486 from the gun rights group, according to the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence. Mr Johnson was asked about gun control by a CNN reporter after 19 students and two teachers were killed in a massacre at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. The elected official stayed silent and tried unsuccessfully to get into an office on Capitol Hill as he was questioned by CNN. The NRA itself has called the mass shooting “the act of a lone, deranged criminal”.
Read the full article. Johnson has blamed the Texas massacre on “CRT and wokeness.”
Ron Johnson, who has taken more than $1m in donations from the NRA, ran into a locked door as he tried to dodge gun control questions. https://t.co/5RwXvdSUFL
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) May 27, 2022
CNN’s @mkraju asks @SenRonJohnson about expanding background checks on firearms following shooting in Uvalde. Johnson does not answer. (Via @CNN) pic.twitter.com/1YHmTYJxU6
— Victor Jacobo (@victorjacobo_) May 25, 2022