Bob Menendez calls Ron Johnson 'racist' on Senate floor over Capitol riot remarks

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., broke with Senate decorum Tuesday by calling Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., "racist" on the chamber floor over Johnson's remarks about the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

Johnson told a conservative talk radio show last week that he was not afraid of the pro-Trump rioters that day but that he would have been afraid had they been Black Lives Matter protesters or antifa members and former President Donald Trump had won re-election.

"Look, I get no one likes to be called racist, but sometimes there's just no other way to describe the use of bigoted tropes that for generations have threatened Black lives by stoking white fear of African Americans and Black men in particular," Menendez said on the Senate floor.

"I don't think the senator is ignorant of the fact that for centuries in this country white supremacy has thrived on using fear to justify oppression, discrimination and violence against people of color," Menendez said. "I do, however, think my colleague may be ignorant of the pain caused by his comments and unaware of how they compound the trauma that so many still feel in the wake of the events of January 6."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/bob-menendez-calls-ron-johnson-221919596.html

[MagickMuffin]

1. Calls em like you sees em

Sen. Ron Johnson is a racist and a LIAR. He Johnson claim the insurrectionists were actually Antifa?

[Lucinda]

2. ❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

3. Now Johnson will claim Democrats are bigoted against

evil butler's ghosts..... sorry but that's what he looks like.

[Omnipresent]

4. Well Bob, Ron is a special type of stupid!

[crickets]

5. If anything, Menendez is far too kind.

"I do, however, think my colleague may be ignorant of the pain caused by his comments and unaware of how they compound the trauma that so many still feel in the wake of the events of January 6."

While some might have the benefit of the doubt, Ron Johnson knew exactly what he was saying, and whether it might cause pain beyond his racism was of no concern to him. For many Repubs the cruelty is the point, every time. Good for Menendez for firmly calling out Johnson's remarks, even if he tempered his own message a bit.

[Talitha]

6. Johnson IS a racist, and he knew his comment was caustic. That's why he said it.