Relentlessly conservative Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) was roundly booed Saturday at Milwaukee’s Juneteenth celebration.
“We don’t want you here,” said a member of a “growing crowd” of constituents booing the senator, reported the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
The boos were so loud the senator was drowned out at one point as he spoke to a TV reporter on camera.
Enjoy this video of Ron Johnson getting booed out of Milwaukee during a #Juneteenth celebration today.
Johnson single-handedly blocked the Federal holiday designation last year.
It appears that his constituents haven’t forgotten!pic.twitter.com/0UzP4bOkFg — TrumpsTaxes (@TrumpsTaxes) June 20, 2021
And if that wasn’t enjoyable enough, here is another video of Ron Johnson getting drowned out with boos during today’s #Juneteenth event in Milwaukee.
Bonus: The booing is even louder in this one!pic.twitter.com/Bl4AQQwLv7 — TrumpsTaxes (@TrumpsTaxes) June 20, 2021
Johnson was not pleased, complaining to the Journal that his reception is “not how you heal a nation.”
He also said it was “unusual” behavior for folks from Wisconsin. “Most people in Wisconsin say, ‘You are in our prayers; we are praying for you.’ ... But you got some people here that are just sort of nasty at some points,” he told the Journal.
The senator claimed he heard only “one” nasty comment, but several others were captured on Twitter.
One spectator told the newspaper that “Ron Johnson’s politics are not for us.” A Twitter critic “translated” the boos to complaints about Johnson’s support for voter suppression and for the Capitol insurrection, which he has insisted was “peaceful” (though he also said he would have been “concerned” had rioters been Black Lives Matter protesters).
Spectators were also particularly upset that Johnson has steadfastly blocked making Juneteenth a holiday. Johnson single-handedly blocked the bill from advancing in the Senate last year due, he said, to concerns over its cost.
He finally backed down this year at the last minute, then quickly attempted to capitalize on the holiday by turning up at the city’s celebration.
Just in case the news doesn't report it... Black residents boo'd Ron Johnson & ran his hypocritical ass out of the Milw #JuneTeenth2021 Celebration for claiming to support Juneteenth after previously voting against it! 🤣
Gotta love America's Holiday! 🙌🏾 — Rep. David F. Bowen (@DavidFBowen) June 19, 2021
Whenever Ron Johnson’s hypocrisy is drowned out in boos, is a good day. Especially on this day. — Per B. Kjaer (@BluCollaScholla) June 19, 2021
Heinrich_Bukowski on June 20th, 2021 at 15:51 UTC »
Earlier this month, Ron Johnson said in a radio interview that he would have felt more threatened if Black Lives Matter protesters had stormed the Capitol instead of supporters of former President Donald Trump. This is because, with the insurrectionists, Johnson felt he was among friends
fairoaks2 on June 20th, 2021 at 14:05 UTC »
He knew it would happen and he could play the victim.
EndoShota on June 20th, 2021 at 13:55 UTC »
Neither is defending the Jan 6 insurrection as “jovial” and “friendly”.
I honestly don’t know what he expected when he was adamantly against making Juneteenth a holiday and then showed up at a Juneteenth event.