SENATOR RON JOHNSON RECEIVED
CRITICISM FOR HIS STATEMENTS AT
A HEARING LOOKING AT THE ATTACK
ON THE U.S. CAPITOL JANUARY 6.
HE STATED HE DIDN'T THINK THE
ATTACK COUNTED AS AN ARMED
INSURRECTION BECAUSE SO MANY OF
THE ATTACKERS WERE USING
FLAGPOLES AND STICKS INSTEAD OF
GUNS.
HE READ INTO THE RECORD AN
ACCOUNT OF THE ATTACK BY A
RIGHT-WING WRITER WHO CLAIMED
SOME IN THE CROWD WERE
ANTI-TRUMP PROTESTERS IN
DISGUISE.
>> ALTHOUGH THE CROWD
RECOMMENDED A WIDE CROSS-SECTION
OF AMERICANS, SOME PEOPLE STOOD
OUT.
A VERY FEW DIDN'T SHARE THE
JOVIAL, FRIENDLY, EARNEST
DEMEANOR OF THE GREAT MAJORITY.
SOME OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T FIT IN AND
HE DESCRIBES FOUR DIFFERENT
DESCRIBES OF PEOPLE: PLAIN
CLOTHES MILITANTS, PROK CA TO
YOURS, FAKE TRUMP PROTESTERS AND
ATTACKERS.
THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT
PROBABLY PLANNED THIS.
>> THE AUTHOR OF THE ARTICLE
WROTE HE DIDN'T SEE ANY OF THE
PEOPLE HE SUSPECTED OF BEING
FAKE TRUMP SUPPORTERS ACTUALLY
CAUSING TROUBLE.
BUT SENATOR JOHNSON DID NOT READ
THAT PART OF THE ACCOUNT INTO
THE RECORD.
JOHNSON WAS QUICKLY ACCUSED OF
SPREADING CONSPIRACY THEORIES.
WISCONSIN'S OTHER U.S. SENATOR
TAMMY BALDWIN TWEETED A MESSAGE
BLAMING THE INSURRECTION ON
DONALD TRUMP SAYING EVERY MEMBER
OF CONGRESS SHOULD TELL THIS
TRUTH INSTEAD OF PUSHING CON