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Fanatical Republican Extremist of the Day: Bill Johnson- 2023 Update [1]

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Date: 2023-05-21

Ohio GOP Congressman Bill Johnson (OH-6), approximating how much of a partisan piece of garbage he is.

Bill Johnson is chains himself to the legacy of Donald Trump, having responded to the Mueller report back on April 18th, 2019, by saying it revealed, “no collusion, no obstruction, no anything”, in spite of all the times that Robert Mueller’s report mentioned things Trump did that qualify as obstruction of justice, all of the hundreds of links between the Trump campaign and Russian oligarchs, and the nameless criminal activities that he forwarded to other prosecutors. The day of Trump's first impeachment vote, Bill Johnson mocked the proceedings by calling for a “moment of silence” for the 63 million voters who voted for Trump and were having their voices ignored by the impeachment. In case you’re wondering, no, he hasn’t called for any moments of silence as hundreds of thousands of victims of Covid-19 die because of the incompetence of the same president Johnson bent over backwards to try and keep in power.

Bill Johnson is, make no mistake, a seditious, anti-democratic piece of trash, as five days after the violent coup attempt carried out by Trump supporters because Republicans were supporting “The Big Lie” that the election was somehow stolen from Donald Trump, he was still challenging election results publicly, including in Pennsylvania, a state Joe Biden only won by over 80,000 votes that Johnson isn’t from. Johnson faced zero electoral consequences for it in 2022, and won the GOP primary in Ohio’s 6th district, running away with 76% of the vote before going on to win in November with 67% over his Democratic challenger.

We’ll make a note to check back in on a story regarding Bill Johnson… his district includes East Palestine, Ohio, which was the site of a massive train derailment whose causes may have something to do with the Trump administration reducing the “unnecessary burden” of safety protocols in trains carrying hazardous cargo in the prior presidential administration. (He, of course, refuses to place any blame on anyone except the Biden administration.)



But now, Rep. Johnson has to actually serve his constituents, and while he’s seeking disaster relief funding (after voting against Hurricane Sandy relief... but hey, it’s HIS DISTRICT THIS TIME!) we’re wondering if his assurances that the drinking water was safe for residents might not have been pre-emptive or optimistic in him being so bold as to swig from a single glass. What long term exposure might do to the families of that town… still bears watching. It would be a real terrible thing to do to tell a whole community to follow in your wake to do something harmful to themselves.

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