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12-12-2020, 03:44 AM
These Republicans just don't learn..
Sen. Ron Johnson, the chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, has invited former independent counsel Ken Starr and attorneys in key battleground states to testify at a controversial hearing next week where he plans to probe the 2020 election that President-elect Joe Biden won.
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But Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican who has not yet said if he'll run for reelection in 2022, says his hearing is geared at "trying to restore confidence in the system" and says it is he who is "trying to debunk" questions about "suspicious activities" that occurred in the elections. He also says the hearings will help him decide whether to join House Republicans to challenge the electoral results on the floor in January, as he's met with one of those conservatives -- Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan -- to help prepare for next week's hearing.
"If there's an irregularity that can be explained, fine, set that aside because we have to restore confidence in our election system," Johnson told CNN Friday. "And we need to change the laws or enforce laws so this doesn't happen in the future."
Democrats say the hearing is designed to prop up unproven conspiracies that President Donald Trump has pushed since losing the election to Biden, whose victory will be official when the Electoral College votes on Monday. Biden won 306 electoral votes to Trump's 232.
Johnson's hearing is set to occur just two days later.
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Johnson said that Starr, the former independent counsel who probed Bill Clinton when he was president, will be the "lead witness" and will testify about "warnings they gave us in terms of absentee ballots."
Johnson said he's also invited retired judge Jim Troupis, a GOP attorney representing the Trump campaign in Wisconsin, to testify, along with an attorney in Nevada. He said they are also looking at inviting witnesses from Pennsylvania and Georgia, all states Biden won despite Trump's baseless claims to the contrary.
"It's just a clear violation of Wisconsin election law, what happened there," Johnson said. "Now, what's the remedy going to be?"
But Republicans have failed to successfully challenge the Wisconsin results in court or convince federal judges there have been widespread irregularities across the country that could change the outcome — oftentimes not even presenting evidence of fraud in court.
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Asked if he would join the House Republicans, Johnson said it depends on what the testimony at next week's hearing shows. "If there's not a good and satisfactory explanation for this, that's a problem."
As he's aligned himself with Trump, Democrats have been eager to challenge him in 2022 if he runs for a third term.
"The election's not over," Johnson said when asked if he would run again, referring to the November election that Biden won. Asked when he would make a decision, Johnson said: "Once the election is over."
https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/11/politics/ron-johnson-ken-starr-2020-election-hearing/index.html
"The election's not over."
How many times will lil Donny have to lose before he loses?? :facepalm
Sen. Ron Johnson, the chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, has invited former independent counsel Ken Starr and attorneys in key battleground states to testify at a controversial hearing next week where he plans to probe the 2020 election that President-elect Joe Biden won.
...
But Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican who has not yet said if he'll run for reelection in 2022, says his hearing is geared at "trying to restore confidence in the system" and says it is he who is "trying to debunk" questions about "suspicious activities" that occurred in the elections. He also says the hearings will help him decide whether to join House Republicans to challenge the electoral results on the floor in January, as he's met with one of those conservatives -- Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan -- to help prepare for next week's hearing.
"If there's an irregularity that can be explained, fine, set that aside because we have to restore confidence in our election system," Johnson told CNN Friday. "And we need to change the laws or enforce laws so this doesn't happen in the future."
Democrats say the hearing is designed to prop up unproven conspiracies that President Donald Trump has pushed since losing the election to Biden, whose victory will be official when the Electoral College votes on Monday. Biden won 306 electoral votes to Trump's 232.
Johnson's hearing is set to occur just two days later.
...
Johnson said that Starr, the former independent counsel who probed Bill Clinton when he was president, will be the "lead witness" and will testify about "warnings they gave us in terms of absentee ballots."
Johnson said he's also invited retired judge Jim Troupis, a GOP attorney representing the Trump campaign in Wisconsin, to testify, along with an attorney in Nevada. He said they are also looking at inviting witnesses from Pennsylvania and Georgia, all states Biden won despite Trump's baseless claims to the contrary.
"It's just a clear violation of Wisconsin election law, what happened there," Johnson said. "Now, what's the remedy going to be?"
But Republicans have failed to successfully challenge the Wisconsin results in court or convince federal judges there have been widespread irregularities across the country that could change the outcome — oftentimes not even presenting evidence of fraud in court.
...
Asked if he would join the House Republicans, Johnson said it depends on what the testimony at next week's hearing shows. "If there's not a good and satisfactory explanation for this, that's a problem."
As he's aligned himself with Trump, Democrats have been eager to challenge him in 2022 if he runs for a third term.
"The election's not over," Johnson said when asked if he would run again, referring to the November election that Biden won. Asked when he would make a decision, Johnson said: "Once the election is over."
https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/11/politics/ron-johnson-ken-starr-2020-election-hearing/index.html
"The election's not over."
How many times will lil Donny have to lose before he loses?? :facepalm