{"id":2585099,"date":"2026-03-29T15:17:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T19:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/johnson-says-democrats-use-two-martyrs-to-defund-police\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T15:18:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T19:18:03","slug":"johnson-says-democrats-use-two-martyrs-to-defund-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/johnson-says-democrats-use-two-martyrs-to-defund-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnson says Democrats use &#8216;two martyrs&#8217; to defund police"},"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%2Fjohnson-says-democrats-use-two-martyrs-to-defund-police%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=2585099&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--><p>sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) argues that Democrats are using the deaths of two people killed by federal agents in Minneapolis as a pretext to defund police and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jamie-raskin-decries-republicans-as-fascistic-shrinking-minority-party-at-january-6-vigil-partly-hosted-by-antifa\/\" title=\"Jamie Raskin Decries Republicans as Fascistic &#039;Shrinking Minority Party&#039; at January 6 Vigil Partly Hosted by Antifa\">weaken law enforcement<\/a>, as Congress remains split over funding the Department of Homeland security. The article outlines house Republicans\u2019 plan for an eight-week DHS funding bill to extend funding through May 22,the Democrats\u2019 opposition to bringing a Senate deal to the floor,and Johnson\u2019s broader claim that Democrats train activists to obstruct justice and exploit martyrs to push policy. It also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netanyahu-rushes-to-washington-for-meeting-with-trump-on-iran\/\" title=\"Netanyahu rushes to Washington for meeting with Trump on Iran\">notes related developments<\/a>, including Minnesota\u2019s lawsuit against the Trump administration over shootings, Democrats urging an independent investigation into another death, debates over changing the filibuster, and Trump\u2019s push to pay DHS\/TSA workers during a potential shutdown.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Sen. Ron Johnson says Democrats use &lsquo;two martyrs&rsquo; killed by feds to defund police<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2543915\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ron-johnson\/\">Ron Johnson<\/a> (R-WI) said the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-party\/\">Democratic Party<\/a> is using &ldquo;trained activists&rdquo; to obstruct justice and using &ldquo;martyrs as their excuse to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-desantis-issues-warning-for-biden-about-economic-road-bump-needs-to-take-this-seriously\/\" title=\"Ron DeSantis Issues Warning For Biden About Economic Road Bump: \u2018Needs To Take This Seriously\u2019\">defund law enforcement<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Congress is split over ending the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-homeland-security\/\">Department of Homeland Security<\/a> shutdown, with House Republicans pushing a bill to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4507334\/house-passes-eight-week-dhs-deal-to-punt-shutdown-back-to-senate\/\">fund all of DHS <\/a><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4507334\/house-passes-eight-week-dhs-deal-to-punt-shutdown-back-to-senate\/\">through May<\/a><\/span>  22,&nbsp;which would <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4507334\/house-passes-eight-week-dhs-deal-to-punt-shutdown-back-to-senate\/\">fund all of DHS until May 22<\/a> on Friday night. House Democrats opposed House Speaker Mike Johnson&rsquo;s (R-LA) announcement that he would not bring a recent Senate deal to the floor, as almost all of them planned to vote for it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4508455\/bill-maher-press-elissa-slotkin-democratic-stand-against-iran-war\/\">Bill Maher presses Elissa Slotkin over Democratic stand against Iran war<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4507097\/comparing-iran-iraq-31-flavors-delusion-joe-concha\/\">Comparing the Iran war to the Iraq War is &lsquo;31 flavors of delusion&rsquo;: Joe Concha<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4506161\/savannah-guthrie-return-today-show-after-absence\/\">Savannah Guthrie to return to Today show after absence<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The split comes as <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4506417\/house-scrambles-fund-dhs-conservatives-push-save-act-demands\/\">Congress is unable to advance the SAVE America Act<\/a> due to the Senate&rsquo;s 60-vote filibuster, after President Donald Trump asked that DHS funding be combined with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4500570\/trump-senate-voter-id-homeland-security-funding-jesus\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4500570\/trump-senate-voter-id-homeland-security-funding-jesus\/\">the passage of the SAVE America Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/daily-memo\/4500754\/trump-needs-short-war-iran\/\"><strong>BYRON YORK: TRUMP NEEDS A SHORT WAR<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Johnson vented his frustration with the filibuster, saying opposing the SAVE America Act and voter identification requirements is a hill Democrats &ldquo;will die on.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They flooded this country with millions of illegal immigrants, put them in sanctuary cities to plus-up their numbers. But here&rsquo;s what they even more deviously [did]: they trained activists to obstruct justice, encourage them to put themselves in harm&rsquo;s way, knowing they could get harmed,&rdquo; Johnson said on Fox News&rsquo; <em>Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo<\/em>. &ldquo;They got two martyrs, and then they&rsquo;re using those martyrs as their excuse to try and defund law enforcement, to defund the very agencies that are designed to clean up the mess they created.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3452630&amp;userid=11311&amp;usertype=user&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=5be4c2fc42819dc4f3d172810f3f58b8\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s what we&rsquo;re dealing with. That&rsquo;s who Democrats are. Republicans need to get united, and we need to make sure that we blame Democrats because that is where the fault lies,&rdquo; Johnson said.<\/p>\n<p>The &ldquo;two martyrs&rdquo; Johnson cited are Alex Pretti and Renee Good, two people killed in Minneapolis by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement in January. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4502013\/minnesota-sues-trump-administration-pretti-good-shootings\/\">Minnesota filed a lawsuit<\/a> against the Trump administration on Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >accusing federal law enforcement agencies<\/a> of withholding evidence related to shootings.<\/p>\n<p>Two House Democrats also requested that the Trump administration approve an independent investigation into <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4503804\/house-democrats-demand-investigation-dhs-ruben-ray-martinez-death\/\">the death of Ruben Ray Martinez<\/a>, a Texan who was killed by an ICE officer last year.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson also said he&rsquo;s &ldquo;on board&rdquo; with changing the filibuster to enact legislation, but &ldquo;not enough&rdquo; other Republicans are supportive of the idea.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4506684\/maha-maga-tensions-grow-2026-elections\/\"><strong>MAHA-MAGA TENSIONS GROW AHEAD OF MIDTERM ELECTIONS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4504388\/trump-threat-terminate-filibuster-dhs-funding-deal\/\">Trump renewed his demand to &ldquo;TERMINATE THE FILIBUSTER&rdquo;<\/a> as DHS funding negotiations continue to stall.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Trump announced Thursday that he will sign <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4505730\/trump-order-pay-tsa-mullin-dhs-shutdown\/\">an executive order to pay thousands<\/a> of Transportation Security Administration workers as the DHS shutdown continues. Border czar Tom Homan said TSA officers could be paid <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/infrastructure\/4508826\/tsa-officers-paid-monday-homan\/\">as early as Monday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Johnson: Dems use &#8216;two martyrs&#8217; to defund police<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2585100,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP25346659194739-1-e1774799160437.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[76771,3685,4162,76773,76772],"class_list":["post-2585099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-defund-the-police-2","tag-democrats","tag-johnson","tag-police-reform-2","tag-two-martyrs"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP25346659194739-1-e1774799160437.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2585099"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2585103,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585099\/revisions\/2585103"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2585100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2585099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2585099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2585099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}