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WI-Sen: Watch The Debate Audience Laugh At RoJo The Clown For Claiming He Was "Set Up By The FBI" [1]
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Date: 2022-10-14
Sen. Ron Johnson (R. Seditionist)
He deserves to be laughed at:
x Johnson says the FBI set him up.
The audience laughs at him 😬 pic.twitter.com/aVlYg0fk0z — Acyn (@Acyn) October 13, 2022 Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) had a raucous audience laughing during a campaign debate Thursday when he complained he had been “set up” by the FBI. Johnson was responding to an attack by his Democratic rival, Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, that the senator was once warned by the FBI that the Kremlin was trying to turn him into a “Russian asset.” Johnson was informed at an FBI briefing in 2020 that he was the target of Russian disinformation as part of a campaign to make him useful to the Kremlin, the senator confirmed to The Washington Post last year. Barnes warned in his face-off Thursday with Johnson, in the second of two televised debates in Milwaukee, “We cannot trust Sen. Johnson to protect democracy abroad because we can’t even trust Sen. Johnson to protect democracy here at home.” Johnson fired back at Barnes’ “wild charge.” His claim that the “FBI set me up with a corrupt briefing and then leaked that to smear me” brought laughter from the debate audience. Johnson accused the FBI of being tainted by corruption, which he said he has been “trying to uncover and expose” (a point met with more audience laughter).
Here’s how much of an asshole Johnson was during the debate:
x Moderators closed tonight's Wisconsin Senate debate by asking each candidate to say something they find admirable about the other.
Lt. Gov Mandela Barnes (D) said Sen. Ron Johnson (R) is a "family man."
Johnson said Barnes is "against America."
The audience booed Johnson. pic.twitter.com/zoFiSIf5kg — Heartland Signal (@HeartlandSignal) October 14, 2022
Here are some more highlights from the debate:
x We have so much more in common with each other than self-serving politicians like Ron Johnson – who wants to divide us and distract from his failed record. This November, we can do better for working people in this state. #wisen pic.twitter.com/nZmm7q6hEW — Mandela Barnes (@TheOtherMandela) October 14, 2022
x The reality is that Ron Johnson hasn't stood up for our family farms. I believe in putting American workers and Wisconsin farmers first. #wisen pic.twitter.com/K6Ubj2NDNs — Mandela Barnes (@TheOtherMandela) October 14, 2022
x Ron Johnson is doing everything he can to hide the fact that he supported an abortion ban without exceptions for rape, incest, or the life of the woman.
In Ron Johnson's America, women don't have the right to make decisions about their most difficult healthcare decisions. #wisen pic.twitter.com/t3Pyfw0Zcs — Mandela Barnes (@TheOtherMandela) October 13, 2022
x Ron Johnson would rather play politics than do his actual job. He voted against the infrastructure bill and didn't even bother to read it. #wisen pic.twitter.com/2trpByHelA — Mandela Barnes (@TheOtherMandela) October 13, 2022
x If Ron Johnson wants to talk about respecting and supporting law enforcement…he first needs to answer for why he CONTINUES to defend the Jan 6th insurrectionists that injured 140 Capitol police officers. #wisen pic.twitter.com/d8UgJ7cRfU — Mandela Barnes (@TheOtherMandela) October 13, 2022
x Ron Johnson's biggest achievement in business was saying "I do." He married into his business.
He's out of touch with working people -- no wonder he supports outsourcing Wisconsin jobs. #wisen pic.twitter.com/16CtJLoO0Q — Mandela Barnes (@TheOtherMandela) October 13, 2022
x We need people who are going to go to the mat to fight for working people and to improve their quality of life. When we had the opportunity to do that right here in Wisconsin – in Ron Johnson's hometown no less – he said we had "enough jobs." pic.twitter.com/J0yBd890up — Mandela Barnes (@TheOtherMandela) October 13, 2022
x Self-serving, multimillionaire Ron Johnson might not need Social Security and Medicare to retire but the rest of us are depending on it. We WILL NOT let him put them on the chopping block. #wisen pic.twitter.com/Fx3xWHKdeA — Mandela Barnes (@TheOtherMandela) October 13, 2022
x Working-class families are footing the bill for Ron Johnson's millionaire lifestyle. #wisen pic.twitter.com/kafbiL9cTP — Mandela Barnes (@TheOtherMandela) October 13, 2022
x Ron Johnson wants to distract us. But he can't run from the fact that when there was opportunity for him to provide support for public safety initiatives, he voted against the American Rescue Plan, which allowed us to invest $100 million into law enforcement and public safety. pic.twitter.com/M8edojpTc0 — Mandela Barnes (@TheOtherMandela) October 13, 2022
x I'm running for the Senate because I believe we can create an America and a Wisconsin that gives everybody a fair shot at the American dream.
That's the difference between me and Ron Johnson. He's going to try to run from his record, but he can't hide from the truth. pic.twitter.com/7h8CC2XjM7 — Mandela Barnes (@TheOtherMandela) October 13, 2022
Expect to see some big names coming to Wisconsin:
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