After Ron Johnson’s BLM Remarks, GOP Senator John Barrasso Says Lawmakers ‘Speak for Themselves’ – By Christina Zhao (Newsweek) / Mar 14 2021
Republican Senator John Barrasso of Wyoming on Sunday morning responded to recent remarks made by GOP Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin about Black Lives Matter and the Capitol riot by saying that lawmakers in the chamber “speak for themselves.”
© Leigh Vogel/Getty Images Senator John Barrasso questions Rep. Debra Haaland during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources at the U.S. Capitol on February 24, 2021.
Johnson has faced backlash from critics and calls for his resignation after he said that he didn’t feel threatened by the Trump supporters that stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, but he might have been concerned if the insurrectionists were Black Lives Matter activists or members of Antifa.
“Even though those thousands of people that were marching to the Capitol were trying to pressure people like me to vote the way they wanted me to vote, I knew those were people that love this country, that truly respect law enforcement, would never do anything to break the law, and so I wasn’t concerned,” Johnson told conservative radio host Joe Pag on Thursday.
“Had the tables been turned—Joe, this could get me in trouble—and President Trump won the election and those were tens of thousands of Black Lives Matter and Antifa protesters, I might have been a little concerned,” the senator added.
