WI Sen. Ron Johnson Says Don't Worry, He Was Just Lying About Not Opposing Gay Marriage

[Nevilledog]

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Yesterday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer told reporters that the Senate is going to vote in the next few weeks on codifying marriage equality in federal law, a vote that's necessary because Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, in his concurring opinion in Dobbs, pubed out all over the place about how next it's time to look at overturning marriage, and contraception, and whatever else makes Christian fascists have angry shameful palpitations in their bathing suit regions.

Ten Republicans haven't signed on yet — you know, because in upside down batshit Senate world, you have to get 60 percent of the vote to win, yee haw democracy! — but Schumer seems to feel like he can get there.

Interestingly, after the House voted on its version of the bill, with 47 House Republicans in support, Ron Johnson from Wisconsin was not on the list of senators immediately opposed. At the time, he said he saw "no reason to oppose" a bill to enshrine marriage equality in the law. And then he said "Ope!" and walked away carrying a giant block of cheese over his shoulder and nobody ever saw him again.

Just kidding, he has been seen again, because the bastard suddenly has reasons why he can't support this marriage equality bill. Very dumb bullshit religious liberty reasons. It's a well-known fact among white fascist Republicans that if anything in American life causes white fundamentalist Christians any mild discomfort, simply by existing, then it is a vicious attack on their religious freedom and must be stopped.

Listen to Johnson bitch and moan about how he only said he saw "no reason to oppose" the bill to get the media OFF HIS BACK. What is he, a senator who has to answer to the public or something?

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[Poiuyt]

1. What a bastard

[Emile]

2. Let's see if I have this right, he hates gays, he hates women,

and he hates democracy. That it?

[Emile]

8. and he hates blacks too.

[ZonkerHarris]

3. Baldwins? Who are the Baldwins?

[Hugh_Lebowski]

9. You know, Alec, Stephen, etc (nt)

[dsc]

11. as in Senator Tammy Baldwin of WI

[ZonkerHarris]

13. OK, thank you. I guess I shouldn't expect Ron to make much sense anyway

[Yavin4]

4. In our govt, one US senator, just one, has a ton of power. A ton.

And on the Republican side, you have Ron Johnson and Tommy Tuberville, and they're currently running Herschel Walker and Dr. Oz.

[MontanaMama]

5. Well he's a GQP so it makes

sense that he lied. That's all these people are capable of.

[Meadowoak]

6. bye Felicia!

[Hugh_Lebowski]

7. "That wound"? What precious little snowflakes they all are, such poor victims ...

Awww, everyone doesn't believe in your magical ancient book and your sky-daddy, and grant your personal beliefs legal deference, so you have a sad?

That's gotta be just awful.

[EnergizedLib]

10. An openly bad person

Vote for a Mandela Barnes, Wisconsin.

[sakabatou]

12. Riiiiiiight...

He'll want to end same-sex marriage.

[Stuart G]

14. Wait ...Did Wisconsin elect a ..."Gay Senator?"...Is that correct?

Ronnie Boy you can join "Ozzie Boy" for being stupid...

And guess what? You will lose your election too...just like "Ozzie Boy."

Isn't that a sarcastic remark about Senator Baldwin?.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

15. Send Russia's johnson back to Moscow.

Roe, Roe, Roe your vote
against theocracy!
Republicans revoke your rights
and kill democracy!

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