Political Quotes

On the recordJanuary 10, 2022
The fact of the matter is, even calling it an insurrection, it wasn’t. By and large, it was a peaceful protest.
Said by
Ron Johnson
Republican · Wisconsin
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Senator Johnson downplays the January 6th Capitol riot, claiming it was mostly peaceful.

Share

More from Ron Johnson

Aug 6, 2026

Hopefully, this device will address many of the questions he refused to answer at last week’s hearing.

theguardian.com
Aug 11, 2026

We tell pregnant women don't even have a glass of wine and yet we coerce them, convince them, sometimes mandated them, to get an experimental gene therapy as early as the first trimester.

foxnews.com
Jul 15, 2026

This is a grotesque example of Biden-era weaponization of the executive branch," Johnson said.

foxnews.com
Nov 5, 2025

Let’s act first before the Democrats have a chance to do it destructively.

nbcnews.com

Other voices in this conversation