MADISON, Wis.: Wisconsin’s Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson downplayed the storming of the U.S. Capitol last month, saying on conservative talk radio Monday that it didn’t seem like an armed insurrection to me.
Johnson’s comments on WISN-AM in Milwaukee came after he voted Saturday to acquit former President Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial. Johnson said in the interview that Trump’s attorneys eviscerated legal arguments made by Democrats seeking to convict Trump for instigating the insurrection.
Johnson is one of Trump’s most ardent supporters. He is up for reelection in 2022 but hasn’t said yet whether he will seek a third term.
Johnson condemned the violence and five deaths during the Jan. 6 riot but said what happened was not an armed insurrection.
When you hear the word armed, dont you think of firearms?” Johnson said. “Heres the questions I would have liked to ask how many firearms were confiscated? How many shots were fired? Im only aware of one,…