Shameless Ron Johnson Pushes Conspiracy Theory About Trump Assassination Attempt

Without any evidence whatsoever, Ron Johnson, Wisconsin's Republican U.S. Senator, believes that the attempt on Donald Trump's life earlier this year was a government operation.

From The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:

“To what extent has the federal government been involved in these things?” Johnson said. “We’ll probably never know because there’s a reason you call it the deep state. It’s very deep. It’s very pervasive.”

The comments from the Oshkosh Republican are the latest in a string of fringe theories that the “deep state” was behind the shooting that wounded Trump and killed a rally attendee. There is no evidence the government was involved in the shooting, and the FBI has said the 20-year-old shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, acted alone before he was shot and killed moments after he fired on Trump.

This is deeply irresponsible of the senator. It riles up his base to believe a fake conspiracy, and thus perpetuates the possibility of political violence.

Sen. Ron Johnson should be ashamed of himself. But we already know, the man has no shame.

Hey, remember that time Johnson faked a phone call to avoid answering questions about his involvement in overturning the 2020 presidential election?

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