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ICYMI: Editorial: Election deceiver, science fabulist, billionaire benefactor. After 12 years, it’s time to term-limit Sen. Ron Johnson [USA TODAY – Wisconsin Editorial Board]

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USA TODAY – Wisconsin Editorial Board: Election deceiver, science fabulist, billionaire benefactor. After 12 years, it’s time to term-limit Sen. Ron Johnson
By USA TODAY NETWORK – Wisconsin Editorial Board
October 12, 2022

Key Points:

  • For years, Ron Johnson has demonstrated that he should be retired to his family’s seaside Florida home  — and not representing Wisconsin in the U.S. Senate. Voters should send him packing this November. Here are eight reasons:
  1. He wants to upend Medicare and Social Security
    • Johnson said recently that Medicare and Social Security should be subject to annual budget deliberations, which would be a drastic change for a pair of essential social insurance programs and could put them at risk.
  2. His office was involved in Trump’s ‘fake elector’ scheme
    • Johnson’s office was involved in an attempt to pass a document regarding “Wisconsin electors” to then Vice President Mike Pence just minutes before Congress was to ceremonially certify the election on Jan. 6. Johnson’s explanations for what happened — and for what he and his staff knew — don’t add up.
  3. He refused to tell the truth about the 2020 presidential election
    • Johnson’s role in amplifying lies about the election — including his threat to challenge the ceremonial counting of electoral votes in Congress — encouraged Trump supporters to believe the result could be overturned and contributed to the tragedy at the Capitol.
    • Now Johnson refuses to say whether he would accept the outcome of the November election once the results are certified, the Wisconsin State Journal reports. We cannot elect people to office who do not honor the results of elections.
  4. He repeatedly downplayed the seriousness of the attack on the U.S. Capitol
    • Johnson claimed the rampage “didn’t seem like an armed insurrection.” This was despite the fact that five people died, rioters called for the deaths of Vice President Mike Pence and leaders of Congress, weapons were found on attackers and stashed nearby, and organized white nationalists led violent charges against Capitol Police and forced their way into the building, using flagpoles, bear spray, fire extinguishers and other blunt objects as weapons.
  5. He made sure his ultra-wealthy donors got a giant tax break
    • Johnson forced changes to the 2017 Republican tax overhaul that benefitted some of the nation’s wealthiest people, including himself and his own donors.
  6. He has displayed a stunning lack of interest in creating jobs in the state he represents
    • “It’s not like we don’t have enough jobs here in Wisconsin,” Johnson said.
  7. He was a super spreader of disinformation during the pandemic
  8. He’s a climate change denier
    • It should come as no surprise that Johnson has taken hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations from people employed by or associated with the fossil fuel industry.
  • The Bottom Line: Ron Johnson is the worst Wisconsin political representative since the infamous Sen. Joseph McCarthy. Johnson in the past promised to serve no more than two terms. Voters should hold him to that pledge in November.

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