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On the recordMarch 16, 2021
I knew those are people that love this country that truly respect law enforcement would never do anything to break a law. So I wasn't concerned. Now, had the tables been turning, Joe, this got me in trouble, had the tables been turned, and President Trump won the election and those were tens of thousands of Black Lives Matter and Antifa protesters, I might have been a little concerned.
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Ron Johnson
Republican · Wisconsin

Editor's note · Context

Johnson expresses a lack of concern about the Capitol insurrectionists while suggesting he would have been more worried if the protesters were from Black Lives Matter.

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