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On the recordJanuary 11, 2022
Now, had the tables been turned--now, Joe, this will get 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's comments on January 6 were criticized as racially insensitive.

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