Democratic Wisconsin Senate candidate Mandela Barnes joined retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman to criticize Republican Sen. Ron Johnson’s role in the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol.
Democratic Wisconsin Senate candidate Mandela Barnes joined retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman on Thursday to rail against Republican Sen. Ron Johnson’s role in the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol, with Barnes timing his attack on his opponent to coincide with a committee hearing on the attack.
“My involvement in that attempt to deliver spanned the course of a couple seconds,” Johnson said. “I think I fielded three texts and sent two, and talked to my chief of staff that somebody wants to deliver something. I knew nothing about it. In the end, those electors were not delivered because we found out from the vice president’s staff they didn’t want them delivered. End of story.”
See: Trump decided months before the election to declare victory if he lost, says his former campaign manager“As many Wisconsinites will be tuned into the final Jan. 6 committee hearing today, we should all be reminded that Ron Johnson is willing to sacrifice our entire democracy for his own benefit,” Barnes said. “Make no mistake — democracy is on the ballot this November.”“Lt. Gov.
Johnson’s campaign called Vindman’s assertions baseless and inaccurate, noting that the senator has “a long track record of supporting Ukraine.” Johnson swiftly condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and has since called Russian President Vladimir Putin a “verifiable war criminal” and supported defense spending to aid Ukraine.
He added that he thinks Democrats could maintain their majorities in the Senate and House if candidates “highlight the extremism on the right and indicate that there are actually good policies on the left to serve the communities, to serve all Americans.”
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