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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Wed Aug 16, 2017, 02:31 PM Aug 2017

Johnson: Can We Move On From Trump Defending White Supremacists Already

Source: Talking Points Memo




By CRISTINA CABRERA Published AUGUST 16, 2017 1:51 PM

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) signaled on Wednesday that he’s tired of questions about President Donald Trump’s controversial comments on the violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.

“You tell me what he needs to say so we can move beyond this,” he told reporters, according to the Cap Times. “He said it once. Again, I’m not going to speak for the President, I speak for myself.”

Johnson continued to express frustration over foreign policy and budgetary issues he said were being ignored in the meantime.

“We can continue to harp on President Trump’s reaction to Charlottesville, but from my standpoint, I’m concentrating on finding areas of agreement and doing everything I can under my committee’s jurisdiction and what I can do to improve the situation,” he said. Johnson also said he doesn’t see any reason for impeachment.

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/johnson-trump-white-supremacists-charlottesville

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Johnson: Can We Move On From Trump Defending White Supremacists Already (Original Post) DonViejo Aug 2017 OP
What he needs to say... Roy Rolling Aug 2017 #1
You tell me what he needs to say so we can move beyond this, eShirl Aug 2017 #2
That works! mascarax Aug 2017 #35
No. No we can't. Solly Mack Aug 2017 #3
never AlexSFCA Aug 2017 #4
johnson is scum of the earth. Hopefully next time he's up for grabs, maybe we can grab him shraby Aug 2017 #5
hopefully like kasten, he is gone after 2 terms. pansypoo53219 Aug 2017 #16
What He Needs to Say Ccarmona Aug 2017 #6
EVERYONE in the entire GOP needs to resign! Fluke a Snooker Aug 2017 #7
Must have been gerrymandering Scarsdale Aug 2017 #8
senate statewide. but gerrymandering fed the swing. pansypoo53219 Aug 2017 #17
Why don't you and your ilk move on Johnson..you don't represent the asiliveandbreathe Aug 2017 #9
Does this discussion make you uncomfortable, Rep. Johnson? hamsterjill Aug 2017 #10
make it easy bora13 Aug 2017 #11
NO WE CAN'T 'JUST MOVE ON'! Stonepounder Aug 2017 #12
You tell me what he needs to say so we can move beyond this, Blame shift alert! yellowcanine Aug 2017 #13
No, not today, not tomorrow, not ever Phoenix61 Aug 2017 #14
NO SENATOR STUPID. what an asshole he is. bet he is just as racist. pansypoo53219 Aug 2017 #15
"So the president loves Nazis. Why dwell on that? Isn't it more important to give his friends muriel_volestrangler Aug 2017 #18
ha ha. the old teabagger wants to move on. ha ha. live with it. You supported the jerk riversedge Aug 2017 #19
Oh you fucking wish we'd move on. No chance Arazi Aug 2017 #20
I will never believe WI voters returned him to office - never. Justice Aug 2017 #21
Dear Johnson: Shaddup, ya fuckin' moron DinahMoeHum Aug 2017 #22
Hear, hear. His are just crocodile tears. sandensea Aug 2017 #36
He can say the nazi scum leftynyc Aug 2017 #23
The first two answers to this thread got it right--he can say 'I resign' eom Maeve Aug 2017 #24
In your dreams, bro. jeffreyi Aug 2017 #25
Well, fuck you, scum dalton99a Aug 2017 #26
He needs to say "I QUIT." muntrv Aug 2017 #27
Can we move on from Benghazi, asshole? n/t Binkie The Clown Aug 2017 #28
Did I miss something? Aren't they currently out of session anyway? Moostache Aug 2017 #29
Awww, he's tired of it? Deb Aug 2017 #30
No. How did this guy beat Russ anyway? Freethinker65 Aug 2017 #31
his request to move on bluestarone Aug 2017 #32
Hahahahahaaaa. No. truthisfreedom Aug 2017 #33
He's a jack ass. YOHABLO Aug 2017 #34

eShirl

(18,494 posts)
2. You tell me what he needs to say so we can move beyond this,
Wed Aug 16, 2017, 02:34 PM
Aug 2017

how about "I hereby resign effective immediately."

shraby

(21,946 posts)
5. johnson is scum of the earth. Hopefully next time he's up for grabs, maybe we can grab him
Wed Aug 16, 2017, 02:36 PM
Aug 2017

out of the Senate. He's out of his league there. He belongs in the group that was in Charlottesville, and vilified right along with them.

 

Ccarmona

(1,180 posts)
6. What He Needs to Say
Wed Aug 16, 2017, 02:36 PM
Aug 2017

Is that "I am eager for the House to pass Articles of Impeachment, so we can get that asshat out of office and get back to attending to the needs of my constituents."

 

Fluke a Snooker

(404 posts)
7. EVERYONE in the entire GOP needs to resign!
Wed Aug 16, 2017, 02:36 PM
Aug 2017

EVERY Republican is complicit in racism, and EVERY ONE of their supporters are white supremecists or white supremecy sympathisers.

As President Obama stated quite forcefully, GET IN THEIR FACE!!!

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
8. Must have been gerrymandering
Wed Aug 16, 2017, 02:36 PM
Aug 2017

that helped this clown defeat Russ Feingold. They are two very different politicians. Feingold has FEELING. Hopefully, gerrymandering will be banned in Wis, and elsewhere.

asiliveandbreathe

(8,203 posts)
9. Why don't you and your ilk move on Johnson..you don't represent the
Wed Aug 16, 2017, 02:39 PM
Aug 2017

American people...you represent the un-American people..the haters, the know-nothings..we will not move away from this event..until you call trump what he is an evil white supremacist....how's that for moving on...go ahead Johnson..call him what he is..you like using descriptive terms for groups of people..go ahead..trump is an evil racist white supremacist..with Nazi tendencies...do it!!

hamsterjill

(15,220 posts)
10. Does this discussion make you uncomfortable, Rep. Johnson?
Wed Aug 16, 2017, 02:43 PM
Aug 2017

Perhaps you should figure out why. Elected leadership is supposed to represent their constituents. All of their constituents. Not just the convenient constituents.

Think about that, Rep. Johnson. Think about that for a minute.

Stonepounder

(4,033 posts)
12. NO WE CAN'T 'JUST MOVE ON'!
Wed Aug 16, 2017, 02:50 PM
Aug 2017

Never forget. Never forgive!
You are either for him or you are against him. Ne middle ground. No weasling.
We have a Nazi sympathiser in the White House, a white supremacist.
It that is not reason enough to impeach him, then you should be tossed out of office and condemned to the garbage heap, a heap that is remembered just so that we never forget the stink!

yellowcanine

(35,699 posts)
13. You tell me what he needs to say so we can move beyond this, Blame shift alert!
Wed Aug 16, 2017, 02:52 PM
Aug 2017

In other words, "if you guys would just shut up about it we could move on."

Phoenix61

(17,006 posts)
14. No, not today, not tomorrow, not ever
Wed Aug 16, 2017, 02:55 PM
Aug 2017

He aligned himself with Nazis. He rang that bell. There is no going back. Russia was bad but this is so much worse. Every journalist, every time they interview a repub, they need to push this.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,320 posts)
18. "So the president loves Nazis. Why dwell on that? Isn't it more important to give his friends
Wed Aug 16, 2017, 03:10 PM
Aug 2017

lots of tax cuts? I mean, they're the friends of the president, so they must be great guys. And the foreign leaders he loves? They must be great too. I trust the president's judgement totally. After all, he's the president. I can't think of anything wrong with the way he thinks. If we all agree with this, that'll improve the situation. Bigly."

Arazi

(6,829 posts)
20. Oh you fucking wish we'd move on. No chance
Wed Aug 16, 2017, 03:13 PM
Aug 2017

As long as you support that orange monster prepare for questions forever

sandensea

(21,636 posts)
36. Hear, hear. His are just crocodile tears.
Wed Aug 16, 2017, 11:29 PM
Aug 2017

And from someone re-elected thanks to vote hackers at that.

 

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)
23. He can say the nazi scum
Wed Aug 16, 2017, 03:20 PM
Aug 2017

can crawl back under the rocks they slithered out from and he no interest in any of their votes. That they disgust him to his very core. That might work with some.

Moostache

(9,895 posts)
29. Did I miss something? Aren't they currently out of session anyway?
Wed Aug 16, 2017, 03:37 PM
Aug 2017

The House and Senate are both on "August recess" right?

If not, I apologize for misunderstanding the situation...but if they are....FUCK YOU RON JOHNSON, you already were a piece of shit, now you are a stench-filled, festering piece of shit in the summer sun too long.

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