Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said Monday he doesn't understand why people think it's racist that he said he wasn't worried when armed supporters of former President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 but might have been concerned had the rioters been Black Lives Matter protesters.
On Thursday, Johnson told radio host Joe Pagliarulo that he "knew" the pro-Trump insurrectionists who tried to stop Congress from certifying the election results "were people who love this country, that truly respect law enforcement, would never do anything to break the law, so I wasn't concerned. Now, had the tables been turned, and Joe — this is going to get me in trouble — had the tables been turned and President Trump won the election and tens of thousands of Black Lives Matter and antifa [protested], I might have been a little concerned."
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