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Sen. Ron Johnson claimed that helium was disquieted astir detachment from world and past refused to perceive facts connected Afghanistan from Sec. of State Blinken.
Video of Johnson claiming to beryllium acrophobic astir detachment from reality:
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) claims that helium is acrophobic astir "detachment from reality" portion questioning Sec. Blinkin. pic.twitter.com/JCkF0ovvaG
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) September 14, 2021
Later, Sen. Johnson spat retired a bid of lies astir Afghanistan and NATO, and Sec. of State Blinken tried to close him by saying, “I went to NATO before the determination arsenic good as secretary defence Austin and spent the time with each of our nato allies listening to them, their views, their ideas for what we should bash moving forward successful Afghanistan. I shared immoderate of our initial thinking astatine that point. We factored successful everything we heard from allies into our own decision-making process.”
Video:
Sec. Blinken tries to correct, Sen. Ron Johnson's galore lies astir Afghanistan, and Johnson responds by waving his manus and dismissing facts arsenic "bureaucratic speak." pic.twitter.com/tpEVEbDiTp
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) September 14, 2021
Johnson interrupted him, “Just like you planned for everything else? For each contingency? I got it. Listen. It is bureaucratic speak. “
Facts are “bureaucratic speak” erstwhile Republicans don’t privation to perceive them.
The intent of legislature hearings is to behaviour oversight. They are intended to beryllium tools for accountability and accusation gathering.
Sen. Johnson didn’t privation to perceive the facts. Ron Johnson is simply a nationalist embarrassment due to the fact that helium does not attraction astir facts. Johnson is lone astatine the proceeding to propulsion his misinformation.
It is simply a disgraceful maltreatment of oversight powerfulness and shows wherefore Ron Johnson does not beryllium successful the United States Senate.
Mr. Easley is the managing editor. He is besides a White House Press Pool and a Congressional analogous for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree successful Political Science. His postgraduate enactment focused connected nationalist policy, with a specialization successful societal betterment movements.
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