Remember how Republican Sen. Ron Johnson was exposed by the Jan. 6 committee hearings as having had an intimate part in the attempted coup d’etat of the government? This came in the form of evidence that the Wisconsin Republican’s aide was texting Vice President Mike Pence’s aide about hand-delivering a fake slate of electors from Wisconsin and Michigan. It was pretty damning stuff, as in order for the coup d’etat to work, Pence had to refuse to certify the states of the union’s votes and then use fake slates of fake electors as the new proof that disgraced former president Donald Trump was now forever president Trump.
Johnson denied any knowledge of what happens in his office or what mail is randomly delivered and sent to him to pass on to the vice president of the United States of America. Since that excuse was a monument of hot garbage, and as such couldn’t make a dent in the right-wing misinformation-sphere, Johnson had to admit that he might have had a teeny tiny bit of an idea what random package he was supposed to be delivering to the vice president of the United States on the day the vice president was certifying the 2020 election results. According to Ronny, a Wisconsin attorney named Jim Troupis, a Big Lie proponent, was directed to his office by Republican Rep. Mike Kelly of Pennsylvania and people in his office.
Kelly just went on record to say he doesn’t have any idea what Johnson is talking about.
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The Heartland Signal just tweeted out an interview with Kelly where he says he hasn’t spoken to Johnson since 2011. My being a math expert, that would be more than a decade. This matches up with the statement released by Kelly’s office saying: “Mr. Kelly has not spoken to Sen. Johnson for the better part of a decade, and he has no knowledge of the claims Mr. Johnson is making related to the 2020 election.” When Kelly was asked about Johnson’s allegations against him, he smiled, laughed, and then said: “All I can tell you is that I have not talked to Ron Johnson since 2011. Never talked to him during this whole election cycle. And I think there’s a continuing difference in what he says took place.”
Kelly went on to say, “I have no knowledge of anything taking place, and quite frankly, when you ask people what is it he’s saying we did, I say ‘Really? Why would someone think a congressman from Pennsylvania would have anything to do with the election procedure in Wisconsin?’” Asked why Johnson called him out publicly, Kelly said he hasn’t talked to him and has no idea.
An important reminder here: Kelly is no fan of democracy. He has tried to squash mail-in voting in his state, and the GOP in Pennsylvania has been particularly zealous in their pursuit of MAGA-fascism. Whether or not he was promised leniency on the dubious stock purchases his wife has made while he has sat in office, his role in overturning our democracy is not known.
Regardless, Johnson has long understood beyond a doubt that the elections were not stolen, and any actions on his part—or even lip service he gave to these lies—make him an accomplice.
Maybe Johnson can find a door to run into and lock and then pretend he isn’t even here anymore? Here’s a reminder of the fake elector machinations Trump and his minions worked tirelessly on, and their intended purpose.
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