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turbinetree

(24,695 posts)
Fri Mar 12, 2021, 09:05 PM Mar 2021

GOP senator: If insurrectionists had been Black instead of MAGA I would have been 'concerned'

By David Badash, The New Civil Rights Movement
Published march 21, 2021

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Embattled U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI), a top Trump supporter, admitted that he felt safe during the January 6 insurrection because he trusted the MAGA crowd, thousands of whom were breaking not only the law but government property and causing physical harm.

But he also admits that if those rioters had been Black Lives Matter protestors he would not have felt safe – he would he felt "concerned."

His remarks are causing anger and accusations of racism.

https://www.rawstory.com/ron-johnson-insurrection/

Fucking Resign............

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GOP senator: If insurrectionists had been Black instead of MAGA I would have been 'concerned' (Original Post) turbinetree Mar 2021 OP
And there it is ... out loud (nt) Hugh_Lebowski Mar 2021 #1
Hey, pasty-white senator. How about brown or yellow? How about me - white and hating your guts? erronis Mar 2021 #2
Is Rojo... Archae Mar 2021 #3
he's been watching the radio for years and never learned a thing certainot Mar 2021 #33
Tone deaf. Laelth Mar 2021 #4
Accidental honesty. FoxNewsSucks Mar 2021 #26
+1 n/t Laelth Mar 2021 #37
THIS kacekwl Mar 2021 #5
He dropped the dogwhistle and grabbed the bullhorn. marmar Mar 2021 #6
+1 crickets Mar 2021 #13
What a fucking asshole! WVreaper Mar 2021 #7
Not just an asshole, FoxNewsSucks Mar 2021 #27
Wisconsin - it's on you. This TURD over Feingold?? NoMoreRepugs Mar 2021 #8
Irishdem julmur Mar 2021 #10
Damn Koch's. NoMoreRepugs Mar 2021 #12
Twice! madaboutharry Mar 2021 #18
Before you clicked on this thread you knew who it was, didn't you? rurallib Mar 2021 #9
Actually there are lots of candidates. marmar Mar 2021 #11
There are a lot of candidates, but no one else is stupid enough to say that out loud Poiuyt Mar 2021 #24
But don't anybody call him racist! gratuitous Mar 2021 #14
The hell you say! I never would have guessed that. Blasphemer Mar 2021 #15
Senator Ron Johnson folks MustLoveBeagles Mar 2021 #16
How is this not worse then sexual harrrasment? Tommymac Mar 2021 #17
He felt safe because he knew they were coming and he knew the Plan. joetheman Mar 2021 #19
Aw c'mon, RonAnon, tell us how you really feel. You are making ads on behalf of Democrats... Hekate Mar 2021 #20
At what point do we ask him to take off the mask, and reveal he's Andy Kaufman? bullwinkle428 Mar 2021 #21
Probably he should be charged Dakota Flint Mar 2021 #22
Butbutbut...they were all BLM POCs in incredibly well made up WhiteFace... griloco Mar 2021 #23
I grew up in Milwaukee. Racism runs deep. BarbD Mar 2021 #25
If you look at his eyes while he is speaking it is like two swirling pupils BigmanPigman Mar 2021 #28
He does!! He looks exactly like an insane clown on "no makeup day". flibbitygiblets Mar 2021 #30
Ron, ask the dead cop's family if they feel the same way. keithbvadu2 Mar 2021 #29
Words fail me at times like this... ShazzieB Mar 2021 #31
I'm sure Pence thought that way Corgigal Mar 2021 #32
So who's voted for this guy? How'd he get in? calimary Mar 2021 #34
What an ass! dianaredwing Mar 2021 #35
No, you knob, those traitors DO NOT "love their country" nor do they "respect the police." catbyte Mar 2021 #36
Said it before, I'll say it again ... he said the loud part out loud. eppur_se_muova Mar 2021 #38

erronis

(15,241 posts)
2. Hey, pasty-white senator. How about brown or yellow? How about me - white and hating your guts?
Fri Mar 12, 2021, 09:22 PM
Mar 2021

What about a storm of old white liberal guys trying to take over the Capitol and gassing your asses in the tunnels?

OK, then?

Or is it just the dumb-fucks that you feed shit and think they will give a shit about you in their mayhem?

 

certainot

(9,090 posts)
33. he's been watching the radio for years and never learned a thing
Sat Mar 13, 2021, 12:01 AM
Mar 2021

for some people sex on the wrong brain just gets worse and worse

Poiuyt

(18,123 posts)
24. There are a lot of candidates, but no one else is stupid enough to say that out loud
Fri Mar 12, 2021, 11:11 PM
Mar 2021

He should be recalled!

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
14. But don't anybody call him racist!
Fri Mar 12, 2021, 10:20 PM
Mar 2021

Because that makes you the REAL racist.

Can the Senate at least strip Stupidhead of his committee assignments?

Tommymac

(7,263 posts)
17. How is this not worse then sexual harrrasment?
Fri Mar 12, 2021, 10:37 PM
Mar 2021

Where are the calls for resignation from the press and leaders in his Party?

Racism. Misogyny. Both systemic. Both evil...

if done by a Democrat.

 

joetheman

(1,450 posts)
19. He felt safe because he knew they were coming and he knew the Plan.
Fri Mar 12, 2021, 10:59 PM
Mar 2021

We all know for sure that BLM would have been shot on sight trying to enter the Capitol. And BLM is usually unarmed. Funny how a white man can feel safe when other whites are armed and engaging in an insurrection but he will feel endangered when blacks are peacefully protesting.

Hekate

(90,674 posts)
20. Aw c'mon, RonAnon, tell us how you really feel. You are making ads on behalf of Democrats...
Fri Mar 12, 2021, 11:02 PM
Mar 2021

We should express our thanks somehow.

bullwinkle428

(20,629 posts)
21. At what point do we ask him to take off the mask, and reveal he's Andy Kaufman?
Fri Mar 12, 2021, 11:06 PM
Mar 2021

He's literally turning this into a performance art piece.

 

Dakota Flint

(219 posts)
22. Probably he should be charged
Fri Mar 12, 2021, 11:07 PM
Mar 2021

with crimes against humanity for its support of intentional genocide and its depraved indifference during the Covid pandemic, along with so many other brain-dead supporters and followers of the "thing which infested the White House."

Never Forget, Never Forgive!

griloco

(832 posts)
23. Butbutbut...they were all BLM POCs in incredibly well made up WhiteFace...
Fri Mar 12, 2021, 11:08 PM
Mar 2021

or so the GQP would have us believe...

keithbvadu2

(36,788 posts)
29. Ron, ask the dead cop's family if they feel the same way.
Fri Mar 12, 2021, 11:45 PM
Mar 2021

Ron, ask the dead cop's family if they feel the same way.

ShazzieB

(16,389 posts)
31. Words fail me at times like this...
Fri Mar 12, 2021, 11:51 PM
Mar 2021

I want to say something that truly sums up what he is, but almost everything sounds too tame, and anything strong enough to describe even a fraction of his evil would probably get me banned (and rightfully so).

Douche canoe just doesn't cut it. I guess I'll have to settle for raging ass-faced slimewad shitgibbon douche aircraft carrier.

Corgigal

(9,291 posts)
32. I'm sure Pence thought that way
Sat Mar 13, 2021, 12:00 AM
Mar 2021

at first, old white men, you’re fooling yourselves. Not everyone there was for Trump, a lot of them just hate government. You would do.

calimary

(81,238 posts)
34. So who's voted for this guy? How'd he get in?
Sat Mar 13, 2021, 12:05 AM
Mar 2021

What’s the appeal, and what are the demographics of the state’s electorate? I’d like to know why he’s the one who got the most votes.

catbyte

(34,376 posts)
36. No, you knob, those traitors DO NOT "love their country" nor do they "respect the police."
Sat Mar 13, 2021, 03:19 AM
Mar 2021

They worship a two-bit con man who pissed on the Constitution that you claim to love so much every chance he got and they are okay with it. If I were a Wisconsinite I'd be so goddamned embarrassed. Come on, WTF?

eppur_se_muova

(36,261 posts)
38. Said it before, I'll say it again ... he said the loud part out loud.
Sat Mar 13, 2021, 04:49 PM
Mar 2021

QOP know what The Base wants to hear, and no disguising it.

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