GOP Sen. Flabbergasted When Pressed on Unsubstantiated Claim
GOP Sen. Flabbergasted When Pressed on Unsubstantiated Claim
GOP Sen. Flabbergasted When Pressed on Unsubstantiated Claim
“This wasn’t what this interview was going to be about,” a flustered Ron Johnson said to CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins.
When asked Monday about Republicans in Wisconsin having falsely claimed to be electors for Donald Trump in the 2020 election, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) claimed that Democrats have done the same “repeatedly in all kinds of different states”—yet failed to provide even one example, telling CNN’s Kaitlan Collins merely to “check the books.”
On The Source, Collins mentioned how 10 Republicans in Johnson’s state settled a lawsuit last week that was brought by Wisconsin’s legitimate electors, who had sought $200,000 from each elector. Though no fine was handed down, each elector admitted that Joe Biden won the election and agreed to not be an elector in 2024 or any election in which Donald Trump was a candidate. They also agreed that by posing as electors, they were “part of an attempt to improperly overturn” the election results.
They're so used to getting no pushback.
To them pushback equals betrayal. If your boss says some bullshit (especially if it's some self serving bullshit), you're supposed to tell everyone you agree. True and false don't matter nearly as much; it's mostly where your loyalties are, and who will go to bat for you and who won't. I haven't seen the clip, but my guess is his body language is more or less as if some trusted friend had stolen money from him or something, because that's how pointing out someone who's "above you" is lying reads, in their world.
Makes me think about how Ron DeSantis would intentionally mispronounce 'Thai Food' on dates because any woman that corrected him on anything was not a woman he wanted to be with.
Interesting. Sort of like the 'face' concept in parts of Asia?
It's a feudalistic mindset, and it's leading us directly back to feudalism.