Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., downplayed the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6 on Tuesday, saying the violent attackers “did teach us how you can use a flag pole.”
A staunch supporter of former President Donald Trump, Johnson claimed the extremists who sought to block Congress from certifying President Biden’s election victory were mostly peaceful, and that the attack was no “armed insurrection.”
“Some of the protesters did teach us how you can use a flag pole (and) that kind of stuff as weapons,” Johnson defiantly told a Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce breakfast. “But to call what happened on Jan. 6 an armed insurrection, I just think is not accurate”
