Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin is among the Republican senators who, unlike Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, has vowed to contest the Electoral College results when the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives meet for a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, January 6. Wisconsin was among the states that President-elect Joe Biden won in the 2020 presidential election, and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s editorial board slams Johnson for failing to respect the will of Wisconsin voters in a scathing editorial published on January 5.
“The arrogance of Ron Johnson is breathtaking,” the Journal Sentinel declares. “Johnson and 12 other Republican senators say they will challenge the tabulation of Electoral College votes in Congress on Wednesday in a dangerous political stunt that will accomplish nothing but may burnish their image with those who would choose outgoing President Donald Trump over democracy. Johnson and his shameful friends are planning to support Trump as he directly opposes the will of the people.”
The editorial board stresses that although Biden will remain president-elect regardless of the “stunt” from Johnson and other GOP senators, that doesn’t make it any less shameless. Continue reading.