Steve Benen is a producer for 'The Rachel Maddow Show,' the editor of MaddowBlog and an MSNBC political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of 'The Impostors: How Republicans Quit Governing and Seized American Politics.'
Common sense suggests Sen. Ron Johnson should stop saying weird things about the Jan. 6 attack, but as Raw Story noted, the Wisconsin Republican apparently can’t help himself. “We’ve had this massive dragnet, this massive manhunt for grandmas and grandpas that show up on January 6, never enter the Capitol, just happened to be in Washington, D.C. — they are taking agents, SWAT raids to arrest people that are no threat to them whatsoever,” the GOP senator claimed with a straight face.
We could similarly note how bizarre it is to see prominent GOP officials whine incessantly about the FBI. But at this point, it’s also worth taking a step back and acknowledging the fact that Johnson really ought to pick a different topic to keep talking about. The Wisconsin Republican has falsely told the public that Jan. 6 rioters were unarmed. He’s peddled the ridiculous idea that the pro-Trump forces that launched the attack on the Capitol were secretly made up of “fake Trump protesters.
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