{"id":165436,"date":"2021-02-23T15:30:44","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T20:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=165436"},"modified":"2021-02-23T18:14:50","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T23:14:50","slug":"sen-johnson-blames-capitol-attack-on-fake-trump-supporters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-johnson-blames-capitol-attack-on-fake-trump-supporters\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Johnson blames Capitol attack on \u2018fake Trump supporters\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsen-johnson-blames-capitol-attack-on-fake-trump-supporters%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=165436&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2377590\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2377590\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2377590\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AP21054662437334-655x437.jpg\" alt=\"Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., speaks at a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs &#038; Senate Rules and Administration joint hearing on Capitol Hill, Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, to examine the January 6th attack on the Capitol. (AP Photo\/Andrew Harnik, Pool)\" width=\"655\" height=\"437\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2377590\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Ron Johnson spoke at a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs &#038; Senate Rules and Administration joint hearing on Capitol Hill, Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, to examine the January 6 attack on the Capitol. (AP Photo\/Andrew Harnik, Pool)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 3:10 PM PT \u2013 Tuesday, February 23, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) claimed the rioters who attacked the Capitol building in January were \u201cfake Trump supporters\u201d and other groups.<\/p>\n<p>During the hearing on the incident Tuesday, Johnson read excerpts from an article in The Federalist, which detailed a first hand account of the attack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor a few seconds, I saw what looked like police in a tussle with some of marchers up front, what appeared to be an organized group in civilian clothes. This organized group, I would call the plain clothes militants. They fit right in with MAGA people,\u201d Johnson explained.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">An eyewitness account that I read excerpts from in today\u2019s hearing provides a different perspective on what, why and how things got out of control at the Capitol on Jan. 6 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JMichaelWaller?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jmichaelwaller<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FDRLST?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@fdrlst<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hp0T2qT8nv\">https:\/\/t.co\/hp0T2qT8nv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senator Ron Johnson (@SenRonJohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenRonJohnson\/status\/1364317357678731264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Johnson noted the alleged eyewitness account of the day, which painted the crowd marching to the Capitol building as largely positive and festive. He pointed out the eyewitness identified four groups of people which didn\u2019t fit in, including plain clothes militants and fake Trump supporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuddenly, energy surged from the front of the crowd as the anti-riot police above on the inaugural platform visibly tensed up. One fired a tear gas canister, not at the plain clothes militants, the frontline, but into the crowd itself, then another,\u201d Johnson stated. \u201cFlash grenades went off in the middle of the crowd.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Johnson went on to say he does not believe the incident was foreseeable or predictable.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/sen-hawley-on-lt-gen-honore-this-person-has-no-business-leading-any-security-review-related-to-capitol-breach\/\">Sen. Hawley On Lt. Gen. Honor\u00e9: This Person Has No Business Leading Any Security Review Related To Capitol Breach<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274074,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AP21054662437334-655x437.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Sen. Johnson blames Capitol attack on \u2018fake Trump supporters\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-165436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AP21054662437334-655x437.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Sen. 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