Have you heard the one about the fake election documents and the Republican senator? Regrettably, it’s not a joke.
Politics :
According to the current House Select Committee hearings, GOP Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin attempted to hand then-Vice President Mike Pence fake election documents on the day he was set to certify the 2020 presidential election.
During Tuesday’s hearing, the committee revealed that Johnson’s chief of staff, Sean Riley, contacted Pence staff member Chris Hodgson to say the senator wanted “to hand something” to Pence. When Hodgson asked what it was, Riley responded: “Alternate slate of electors for [Michigan] and [Wisconsin] because archivist didn’t receive them.”
An ALTERNATE slate of electors?????
The reality here is that Donald Trump and his team asked MAGA supporters to falsely claim they were the official electors representing their respective states (when they were not) ― and to sign phony slates designed to deliver Electoral College votes to Trump that he never won. The strategy would have prevented Pence from certifying the real Electoral College result on Jan. 6, 2021, and would have likely handed Donald Trump a false victory.
“Do not give that to him,” Hodgson barked in an attempt to immediately shut down any attempt to introduce fake election documents into the official certification process.
The revelation that Johnson attempted to give Pence fake election documents containing false electors creates a clear link between the senator and the campaign to overturn the 2020 election.
Unsurprisingly, Sen. Johnson and his team have since gone on the defensive by denying their involvement in the scheme.
“The senator had no involvement in the creation of an alternate slate of electors and had no foreknowledge that it was going to be delivered to our office,” Johnson spokesperson Alexa Henning said.
“The Vice President’s office said not to give it to him and we did not. There was no further action taken. End of story,” Henning continued.
The senator had no involvement in the creation of an alternate slate of electors and had no foreknowledge that it was going to be delivered to our office. This was a staff to staff exchange. His new Chief of Staff contacted the Vice President’s office.
— alexa henning (@alexahenning) June 21, 2022
Well… nice try, but that’s not the end of the story.
In light of the shocking revelation, Democratic hopeful Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes of Wisconsin has issued a warning to the senator.
“Ron Johnson actively tried to undermine this democracy,” Barnes said. “Once again, Ron Johnson has proven he’s a danger to our country and our fundamental rights. I’m calling for him to resign immediately.”
OK WASSUP! discusses Politics:
GOP Sen. Ron Johnson and the fake election documents.
When I first heard about this, I thought to myself…Can we just lock ALL of those treasonous, fascist fools up already?! Lock them up and throw away the key!
Ron Johnson and the rest of his dangerous ilk do NOT….I repeat…do NOT believe in Democracy. And I highly doubt they ever did. He/they think nothing of the Constitution or The Bill of Rights. They are Traitors to Our country and should be treated as such!
Thankfully, most of them are DUMMIES! If it had not been for God’s Grace and the fact that – like Trump himself – most of those dangerous fools have the IQ of a pet rock, we would probably already be living in a “new” and dark America under Trump and his fascist goons.