GOP Sen. Ron Johnson said the Capitol riot wasn’t an armed insurrection because people were ‘staying within the roped lines’ – By Bill Bostock (Business Insider) / June 14 2021
- Sen. Ron Johnson told Fox News that is wrong to call the January 6 riot an armed insurrection.
- Johnson said the protesters seemed “in a jovial mood” and stayed “within the roped lines.”
- Johnson has long defended the Capitol rioters and described the insurrection as a peaceful protest.
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Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin said the Capitol riot wasn’t an armed insurrection because the protesters were “staying within the roped lines.”
Appearing on Fox News on Sunday, Johnson said he and his staff reviewed hours of footage from the Capitol on January 6 to clear the record about what really happened.
“I think it’s extremely important to create an accurate historical record of exactly what happened so the false narrative that thousands of armed insurrectionists doesn’t last,” Johnson said.
When asked by host Mark Levin what his office had found, Johnson said they saw “309 people” peacefully walking past police into the Capitol.
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