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riversedge

(70,182 posts)
Thu Jul 1, 2021, 06:14 AM Jul 2021

Milwaukee Newspaper Torches GOP Sen. Ron Johnson With Long List Of His Failings

What took the Journal so LONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNG to say the obvious???




Milwaukee Newspaper Torches GOP Sen. Ron Johnson With Long List Of His Failings



https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ron-johnson-gop-senator-milwaukee-journal-sentinel_n_60dd6b28e4b0ddef8b0ca34f
“He is the most irresponsible representative of Wisconsin citizens since the infamous Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy in the 1950s,” wrote the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

By Lee Moran

Wisconsin Republican Ron Johnson is “not fit to be your senator,” the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial board declared in a stinging op-ed published Wednesday.

The newspaper’s board listed Johnson’s “long history of misleading claims” — from his “anti-science crusade” of sowing doubt on the COVID-19 vaccine and health measures aimed at mitigating the spread of the coronavirus virus to his downplaying of climate change and amplification of ex-President Donald Trump’s 2020 election lies.

Johnson is “the most irresponsible representative of Wisconsin citizens since the infamous Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy in the 1950s,” said the board.

He “continues to put his own interests ahead of yours. He continues to put himself first and democracy second,” it concluded. “And he continues to show why he is not fit to be your senator.”

Read the full editorial here.
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Milwaukee Newspaper Torches GOP Sen. Ron Johnson With Long List Of His Failings (Original Post) riversedge Jul 2021 OP
He hasn't been fit to be our senator since his first day in office. lkinwi Jul 2021 #1
They forgot the secret Russian trip Delarage Jul 2021 #2
He probably thinks being linked with McCarthy is great. TNNurse Jul 2021 #3
Wisconsin's wee Johnson feeling the rub of truth. Demnation Jul 2021 #4
It's about time this idiot gets called out for being a useless member of Congress and a Trump...... usaf-vet Jul 2021 #5
At least McCarthy wasn't a Russian asset!!! atreides1 Jul 2021 #6
Whenever Brian Williams plays a clip PatSeg Jul 2021 #8
What kind of a dumb shit must you be to vote for dumb shit like moRon Johnson. johnthewoodworker Jul 2021 #7
A special kind of stupid. Wednesdays Jul 2021 #9
We have an appalling number of such dumb shits in this country. Paladin Jul 2021 #10
A Little Late... The Conductor Jul 2021 #11
K&R Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2021 #12

Delarage

(2,186 posts)
2. They forgot the secret Russian trip
Thu Jul 1, 2021, 07:05 AM
Jul 2021

But he's such a flaming piece of dog crap that they may get to that in the next installment.

usaf-vet

(6,178 posts)
5. It's about time this idiot gets called out for being a useless member of Congress and a Trump......
Thu Jul 1, 2021, 07:33 AM
Jul 2021

..... a$$ kisser.

atreides1

(16,070 posts)
6. At least McCarthy wasn't a Russian asset!!!
Thu Jul 1, 2021, 07:42 AM
Jul 2021

I believe that Ron Johnson has been a Russian asset, since his 2018 July 4th visit to Moscow!

He started spewing Russian talking points almost as soon as he returned.

The question is what or how much did they offer him to turn against the United States?

PatSeg

(47,370 posts)
8. Whenever Brian Williams plays a clip
Thu Jul 1, 2021, 08:36 AM
Jul 2021

of Ron Johnson speaking, he says, "Translated from the original Russian, of course".

Paladin

(28,246 posts)
10. We have an appalling number of such dumb shits in this country.
Thu Jul 1, 2021, 09:13 AM
Jul 2021

And not just in Wisconsin. From coast to coast. Way too many of them.

The Conductor

(180 posts)
11. A Little Late...
Thu Jul 1, 2021, 09:31 AM
Jul 2021

As usual for the Milwaukee Urinal-Secepible, they missed this for years. Some of us knew this ape Johnson was an ass-kissing toady of special interests from the beginning. The Journal acts as if his tendency to be completely stupid is something new. This is the dim bulb who screamed about the "huge waste" in supporting railroads with tax dollars while accepting a government subsidy to build a rail spur to his private business.

The Journal endorsed this ambulatory grease spot of human DNA for office, making them partly responsible for him becoming a national embarrassment. Where's the apology for that?

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