Ron Johnson at the center of the storm: 'People are out to destroy me'

[marmar]

Sign me up for the destruction committee!


(CNN) Sen. Ron Johnson seems to be relishing his place at the center of the controversies dominating Washington.

For two months, the Wisconsin Republican has taken on everyone who blamed former President Donald Trump for inciting the deadly riot at the Capitol: Democrats, the mainstream media, even Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. He's raised questions about whether Trump supporters were in fact culpable for the violence, earning him the scorn of his colleagues for advancing dangerous conspiracies even as he says he's just seeking the truth.

Now, he is leading the Republican effort against President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill, employing extreme tactics by forcing Senate clerks to read its every word and offering a flood of amendments to highlight its astronomical cost.

Johnson's wars to reshape history and policy come at a crucial personal moment, as he chooses whether to run again in 2022, a decision that will alter the fight for the future control of the Senate. .....................(more)

https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/04/politics/ron-johnson-wisconsin-republican-stimulus-debate/index.html

[Blue Owl]

1. Well I hope they fucking succeed

Nothing would be better than to see this Russian asshat destroyed

[Bettie]

2. I'll sit in the front row eating popcorn

for that show.

[soothsayer]

3. Da!

[Dave in VA]

4. What can I do the help?

Destruction is the goal, correct?

[Iliyah]

5. Graham has been . .

quite somewhat. hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[stillcool]

6. He needs to look in the mirror....

through his words and actions he has been out to, and has succeeded in destroying the American people, and our country.

[bdamomma]

7. I would turn

that comment around "why are you out to destroy us".

[UTUSN]

8. An idea whose time has come!

[durablend]

9. What's taking so damn long?