Senator Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., Described the pro-Trump protesters who invaded the Capitol on January 6 as people who “really respect law enforcement” and “love this country” in a radio interview on Friday and expressed concern whether the crowd was Black Lives Matter protesters or members of Antifa.
Johnson said he “never felt threatened” when thousands of protesters broke through the barricades, forcing Congress to evacuate parts of the building and abruptly halt a ceremonial event saying President-elect Joe Biden won the November election. In a dramatic moment, the policemen drew weapons while the rebels tried to invade the chamber of the Chamber. The day left several dead, including a police officer, and more than 100 other police officers injured.
“And mainly because I knew that although those thousands of people who were marching on Capitol Hill were trying to pressure people like me to vote the way they wanted me to vote, I knew that these were people who loved this country, who really respected the application of law, I would never do anything to break a law, so I was not worried, “Johnson told The Joe Pags Show, which airs WOAI’s national air show in San Antonio, Texas.
“Now that the table had changed, now Joe, it would get me in trouble, if the table had changed and President Trump won the election and those were tens of thousands of Black Lives Matter and Antifa protesters, I could have stayed a little bit worried. ”
His comments to the host of the radio show ricocheted on social media, with some calling him a racist. The pro-Trump crowd was largely white and terrified reporters, police and lawmakers. However, this is not Johnson’s first surprising comment about the January 6 attack. Others also noted the strong police presence and response last summer, when Black Lives Matter organizers protested police brutality.
Johnson, a staunch supporter of Trump, recently received the nickname “RonAnon” – based on the complicated and unfounded QAnon conspiracies – for spreading conspiracy theories about the attack.
In February, after the Senate acquitted former President Donald Trump for inciting rebellion in his second impeachment trial, he told another conservative radio program that the January 6 attack “did not look like an armed uprising to me”. He also classified the impeachment trial of the time as “vindictive and divisive” and said it was a “diversified operation” by Democrats to divert attention from security lapses in the United States Capitol.
