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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Mar 22, 2021, 11:59 AM Mar 2021

Senator Ron Johnson shows he doesn't know WTF he's talking about

GOP Sen. Ron Johnson falsely claimed Greenland only recently froze and now admits he has 'no idea' about its history

In an attempt to undermine climate science, Sen. Ron Johnson falsely claimed in 2010 that Greenland - a largely ice-covered island - was named for its once-green landscapes.

Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican, admitted to The New York Times last week that he had "no idea" how Greenland got its name.

"You know, there's a reason Greenland was called Greenland," Johnson told Madison news outlet WKOW-TV in 2010. "It was actually green at one point in time. And it's been, you know, since, it's a whole lot whiter now so we've experienced climate change throughout geologic time."

In reality, Erik Thorvaldsson, a Viking settler also known as Erik the Red, gave Greenland a misleading name in the hopes of attracting Europeans to the island. The Danish territory has been covered in ice and glaciers for at least 2.5 million years.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/gop-sen-ron-johnson-falsely-claimed-greenland-only-recently-froze-and-now-admits-he-has-no-idea-about-its-history/ar-BB1eQkQN?li=BBnb7Kz

GOP Sen. Ron Johnson complained about the failed drug hydroxychloroquine not getting FDA approval, and refused to say the COVID-19 vaccine is safe

Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin doubled down on COVID-19 misinformation in an interview with The New York Times on his growing reputation as a conspiracy theorist.

Johnson has been ratcheting up his conspiratorial rhetoric in recent months, particularly in his attempt at revisionist history over the January 6 Capitol siege. He has made a variety of false claims depicting the riot as peaceful and that he would have been afraid if the insurrectionists were affiliated with the Black Lives Matter movement.

On the COVID-19 pandemic, Johnson dipped further into misinformation in The Times interview.

"There's still so much we don't know about all of this," Johnson said when asked about the vaccine, which he refused to describe as safe, according to The Times.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gop-sen-ron-johnson-complained-about-the-failed-drug-hydroxychloroquine-not-getting-fda-approval-and-refused-to-say-the-covid-19-vaccine-is-safe/ar-BB1eQkax
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Senator Ron Johnson shows he doesn't know WTF he's talking about (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2021 OP
Another Putin lackey. The Wizard Mar 2021 #1

The Wizard

(12,545 posts)
1. Another Putin lackey.
Mon Mar 22, 2021, 12:05 PM
Mar 2021

Other suspected lackeys :
Rand Paul, John Kennedy, Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, Lindsey Graham. Additions welcomed.

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