Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson faced condemnation for sharing his thoughts on the Capitol riot.<\/p>\n
WASHINGTON D.C., DC In the last few months, weve seen a growing number of elected officials struck by a strange, new condition called, Saying-the-quiet-part-out-loud-itis<\/p>\n
The latest person to suffer from this is Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson, who, in a recent interview, said that he never felt threatened on January 6th, because the people who stormed the Capitol love this country and respect law enforcement. Then he said this: <\/p>\n
Now, had the tables been turned -- Joe this could get me in trouble -- had the tables been turned, and President Trump won the election and those were tens of thousands of Black Lives Matter and Antifa protestors, I might have been a little concerned.<\/p>\n
Really? You didnt find the hangmans scaffolding out front a little off-putting? Ive yet to see one of those at a Black Lives Matter rally. <\/p>\n
We all heard the dog whistle, and the condemnation was swift, coming at Johnson from every direction, including from some conservatives.<\/p>\n
Johnson defended his comments by saying they were *innocuous. There was nothing racial there. Nothing offensive.<\/p>\n
Really? If they were inoffensive, why would they get you in trouble for them, as you said you might? <\/p>\n
People have been saying the quiet parts out loud because they now feel emboldened. Its scary stuff, and it makes one mad. But maybe its actually a good thing because now it makes it easier to see exactly who the ignorant bigots are<\/p>\n
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