Wisconsin Senate debate: Ron Johnson rips Barnes' anti-police rhetoric that he says 'incited' Kenosha riots
foxnews.comSen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., when asked about the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, alleged that his Democratic challenger Lt. Gov.
Mandela Barnes "incited" riots in Kenosha during the summer of 2020. During a debate Friday in the battleground Wisconsin, which could determine which party controls the U.S.
Senate, Johnson said he condemned the Jan. 6 riot while pointing to other violent demonstrations post-George Floyd’s death, including rioting and looting in Kenosha over the police shooting of Jacob Blake. "I also condemned the 570 riots that occurred during the summer.
So many people ignored those.The lieutenant governor has made excuses for those rioters saying ‘Well what do you expect? They’re frustrated,'" Johnson said. "If you want to talk about rioting, we should take a look at what happened in Kenosha.The day after the first night of rioting, when a used car lot was set on fire, instead of trying to calm things down, the lieutenant governor gave a press conference." "He incited the riot," Johnson said. "He and the governor did not provide the manpower to stop the riots.
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