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sabra

(30,404 posts)
Tue Dec 15, 2020, 04:49 PM Dec 2020

Sen. Ron Johnson calls election legitimate and acknowledges Biden victory but still plans hearing...

Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel/USA Today

One day after the Electoral College affirmed Democrat Joe Biden’s presidential victory, Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., said in an interview that he acknowledged Biden as the president-elect and believed the election was legitimate.

At the same time, Johnson plans to hold a Senate hearing Wednesday on election “irregularities,” saying there are “legitimate questions” about the way the election was administrated in Wisconsin and other states.

“All I’m trying to do is hold a very upfront, straightforward hearing talking about what controls there are in place, what fraud does occur, what can we do to prevent fraud in the future,” said Johnson in an interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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But asked if he regarded the election as "legitimate," he said, "Yes. I haven’t seen anything that would convince me that the results — the overall national result — would be overturned."

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/12/15/ron-johnson-calls-election-legitimate-and-acknowledges-biden-victory/3909332001/

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Sen. Ron Johnson calls election legitimate and acknowledges Biden victory but still plans hearing... (Original Post) sabra Dec 2020 OP
I guess he feels he has to justify his existence. grumpyduck Dec 2020 #1
I risked voting in person last April to seat a liberal justic (Korofsky) in WI. 33taw Dec 2020 #2
if we take the Senate we need to have weekly hearings on all the dirty deeds repukes pulled yaesu Dec 2020 #3
RoJo holds a clear lead in the U.S. Senate as the dumbest of a caucus full of IQ challenged blobs. usaf-vet Dec 2020 #4
IOW: keep sending in those dollars, MAGAs C Moon Dec 2020 #5
Is he being paid in dollars or rubles? durablend Dec 2020 #10
Their neutered BS is showing bucolic_frolic Dec 2020 #6
Soon to be fired liberalgunwilltravel Dec 2020 #7
Thefe's good reason he's known as COLGATE4 Dec 2020 #8
Maybe.... concretebluetwo Dec 2020 #9

33taw

(2,444 posts)
2. I risked voting in person last April to seat a liberal justic (Korofsky) in WI.
Tue Dec 15, 2020, 04:58 PM
Dec 2020

I will do the same to vote against Johnson.

yaesu

(8,020 posts)
3. if we take the Senate we need to have weekly hearings on all the dirty deeds repukes pulled
Tue Dec 15, 2020, 05:20 PM
Dec 2020

during the last 4 or more years

usaf-vet

(6,189 posts)
4. RoJo holds a clear lead in the U.S. Senate as the dumbest of a caucus full of IQ challenged blobs.
Tue Dec 15, 2020, 05:39 PM
Dec 2020

Ron Johnson, aka RoJo.

Says, "All I’m trying to do is hold a very upfront, straightforward hearing."

Impossible when you start by including Gym Jordan in the mix.

7. Soon to be fired
Tue Dec 15, 2020, 06:14 PM
Dec 2020

Oh boy. The Toddler-in-Chief won't be happy about this. I expect him to tweet off a firing memo in 3-2-1 and then a follow up tweet, "why can't I fire a Senator?"

concretebluetwo

(114 posts)
9. Maybe....
Wed Dec 16, 2020, 12:16 PM
Dec 2020

There is a long list of competitors for that title.
The behavior of the R's since, oh, I don't know, maybe 1990? 1992? has convinced me that politics is the patronage system for the Wealthy and CONservative idiot spawn.

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