The Madison WI Capital Times has called
@RonJohnsonWI
a crook. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel newspaper calls Johnson ‘the worst Wisconsin political representative’ since McCarthy. His Oshkosh hometown newspaper called him a charlatan, delusional huckster, and grifter.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel calls Johnson ‘the worst Wisconsin political representative’ since McCarthy. His Oshkosh hometown newspaper called him a 'charlatan, delusional huckster, and grifter.'
@terry_jepson
@RonJohnsonWI
Perhaps the obvious opposite is true!
"Maybe the newspapers say RoJo is bad, because he is?"
After all that is what a functioning "Press" is supposed to do, "expose the truth"!
The Madison WI Capital Times has called
@RonJohnsonWI
a 'sick twisted liar.' The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel calls Johnson ‘the worst Wisconsin political representative’ since McCarthy. His Oshkosh hometown newspaper called him a 'charlatan, delusional huckster, and grifter.'
@SenRonJohnson
@SecBlinken
Coming from anyone else, these statements might be credible, Senator, but we don't forget your dubious relationship with the truth.
You are, sir, a well-known vector for lies, propaganda, and conspiracy theories.
Despite
@SenRonJohnson
’s family owning at least two private planes and a vacation home in Florida, Johnson still charged taxpayers for his personal travel for at least 19 separate trips from Ft Myers, FL to DC. So when he leaves DC, he heads to Florida, not Wisconsin.
Bill Barr’s daughter worked at Treasury to protect Trump’s tax returns, and loans at Deutsche Bank.
Giuliani’s son got $363,000 to be Whitehouse sports liaison with no experience. Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner used the Whitehouse as $640 million bonanza.
CNN is reporting that Frank Biden was boasting about his ability to help his colleagues get federal dollars due to his “brother Joey.”
More shady business from the Biden family.
@liquidlane335
@ScottDehn
@RonnyJacksonTX
Forbes claims Trump’s Business Hauled In $2.4 Billion During Four Years He Served As President.
@IvankaTrump
got 18 trademarks from China while TFG was President. Ivanka and Jared got $640 Million while working in the Whitehouse. Jared got $6.35 Million in PPP loans forgiven.
@SenRickScott
One more time, Social Security programs have zero to do with the budget or deficit. They are funded through payroll taxes matched by your employer. They are not entitlements. Even Republican Ronald Reagan knew that.
@politvidchannel
Finally a decent post from Donald Trump Jr. He wants the Department of Justice and Jack Smith to start going after the pedophiles on Jeffery Epstein's client list. That list includes his daddy, the convicted felon and rapist.
@RonJohnsonWI
@RonJohnsonWI
voted for tax increases for the middle class. The 2018FY budget submitted by Paul Ryan and signed by Donald Trump included a provision for people who earn less than $75,000 a year to have their taxes raised in 2021, 2023, 2025, and 2027.
@PopularLiberal
Republicans want to cut funding for the ATF & FBI. They are not done arresting the lawmakers that texted Mark Meadows.
@Jim_Jordan
is one of the 34 that need to be arrested, and tried for insurrection. Let the FBI do their job before they are defunded or dismantled.
In the 1950's the wealthiest paid a 92% tax on all income over $400,000. This allowed people to own homes and cars. The taxes built schools, bridges, highways and hospitals. These investments created a thriving middle class.
Ron Johnson was re-elected in large part because he assured voters he had "no involvement" in the attempted coup attempt-- via defrauding WI voters. This was a lie: He was not only involved, he was an organizer! Source: The
@January6thCmte
transcripts released on Jan 2nd, 2023
@SenRonJohnson
From a Trump appointed prosecutor?
Can't wait for the finding out part of your involvement in Jan 6th, even if it was only as you say "a few seconds".
@donwinslow
The "law and order" Republicans should request Merrick Garland or Jack Smith to issue an indictment for Ginni Thomas. She emailed at least two WI Republican legislators, asking them to submit a different slate of presidential electors in 2020. She was also texting Mark Meadows.
@ScottWalker
Wisconsin passed Assembly bill AB504 in the late 70's that set the Age of Majority at 18. If an 18 year old can sign a legal contract, take out a loan, be drafted, and vote, they should have the other adult rights that come with that responsibility.
William Koch, who lives one door away from Mar-a-Lago, was under IRS criminal investigation until Trump assumed office and the IRS abruptly dropped the case. Koch is collecting more than $100 million a year without paying income taxes according to David Cay Johnston DCReport.
Ronnie lied during his 2010 campaign,
@RonJohnsonWI
promised to place his assets in a blind trust to ensure that he would legislate in the public interest. That did not happen. He continued to hold a stake in his personal business and at least one foreign-owned asset.
Lev Parnas testifying under oath in Congress names Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson for his willingness to spread Russian disinformation.
@SenRonJohnson
is a Russian asset and should resign.
Even within certain Democratic circles,
@SenRonJohnson
being a willful asset of Russia to amplify and push its disinformation was just too wild or "out there" to consider. However, this sworn testimony by Lev Parnas is something that Democratic leaders and WI media cannot ignore.
Milwaukee based Bradley Foundation board member GOP attorney Cleta Mitchell recently told top GOP donors in a private meeting that conservatives need to curtail college voting, singling out Wisconsin among four other states. She helped Trump try to overturn the 2020 election.
The "law and order" Republicans should request Merrick Garland or Jack Smith to issue an indictment for Ginni Thomas. She emailed at least two WI Republican legislators, asking them to submit a different slate of presidential electors in 2020. She was also texting Mark Meadows.
@FrankMikeDavis1
Social Security was first taxed during Ronald Reagan' presidency when he lowered the top income tax rate from 70% to 28%. His trickle down experiment never worked. Time to admit failure, and put the tax back to those who can more easily afford it.
@RepDonaldsPress
Congressman Byron Donalds: You have lost all credibility when you repeat the lie of 87,000 IRS agents coming after middle class families and small business owners. You are doing the favorite thing that the GOP likes to do: Fearmongering. Apologize for lying.
@ScottWalker
Madison WI newspaper when
@ScottWalker
was Governor. Look at the second headline "Taxpayers paid for 950 flights, sometimes six a day, since 2005" And yes, he did have the state plane pick him up in Milwaukee after a haircut before flying him to an NRA convention in Wausau.
On Jan 4, 2021,
@SenRonJohnson
attended a meeting convened by MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell in a conference room at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. The night before the insurrection Johnson met with Steve Bannon and Michael Flynn at the Willard Hotel.
As long as Wisconsin is gerrymandered, we'll never have hearings on topics of interest to all Wisconsin citizens. including medicaid expansion, legalizing marijuana, fair maps thru legislation, gun safety laws, and reproductive rights.
The referendums on April 4th ballot was bullshit
We'd rather have seen: voting right question, gerrymandering questions AND abortion
It was just for SHOW
Forbes claims Trump’s Business Hauled In $2.4 Billion During Four Years He Served As President.
@IvankaTrump
got 18 trademarks from China while TFG was President. Ivanka and Jared got $640 Million while working in the Whitehouse. Jared got $6.35 Million in PPP loans forgiven.
@CalltoActivism
Trump has been sued 3500 times by his business partners, contractors, clients, banks, & employees. His charity used as a slush fund. As a landlord, fined for racial discrimination. All that, and has never spent a night in jail. Even people with disorderly conduct go to jail.
Add
@SenRonJohnson
. His family owns at least two private planes and a vacation home in Florida. Ron Johnson still charged taxpayers for his personal travel for at least 19 separate trips from Ft Myers, FL to DC. So when he leaves DC, he heads to Florida, not Wisconsin.
@CalltoActivism
@Suarez1Pro1977
Barack Obama told the truth about Ron Johnson kids buying 3 airplanes right after
@RonJohnsonWI
voted for tax deductions for private planes. As Obama said, "If you can afford a private plane, you don't need a tax deduction."
On Jan 4, 2021,
@SenRonJohnson
attended a meeting convened by MyPillow guy Mike Lindell in a conference room at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. The night before the insurrection
@SenRonJohnson
met with Steve Bannon and Michael Flynn at the Willard Hotel.
@RepDonaldsPress
Congressman Byron Donalds: You have lost all credibility when you repeated the lie of 87,000 IRS agents coming after middle class families and small business owners. You are doing the favorite thing that the GOP likes to do: Fearmongering. Apologize for lying.
The
#Wisconsin
fake electors need to be charged with felonies. If convicted of a felony, these Republican leaders, then felons, will no longer have the privilege to vote.😄Add
@RonJohnsonWI
to the criminal case. He was directly involved in the fake Trump electors scheme.
@michele2435reis
@RonJohnsonWI
I agree. After watching
@RonJohnsonWI
campaign ads, I think it’s time Congress amends the Truth in Advertising laws and extends them to political ads. It's people like
@SenRonJohnson
with constant lies and
@FoxNews
that doesn't fact check their guests that tear the country apart.
Wisconsinites should not need or want multi-millionaires representing us. I refer to both Ron Johnson and Eric Hovde. They have no idea how the rest of us struggle with our common every day bills. These millionaires are out of touch with common people.
On Jan 4, 2021,
@SenRonJohnson
attended a meeting convened by MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell in a conference room at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. The night before the insurrection Johnson met with Steve Bannon and Michael Flynn at the Willard Hotel.
@ChadGilmartinCA
@GOPLeader
The lie of 87,000 new IRS agents was started by Kevin McCarthy. Then Matt Gaetz lied, saying the 87,000 new agents would all be armed in a
#FoxNews
interview. We know FoxNews does not fact check its "guests", so the lies spread and are repeated.
Wisconsin U.S. Senate candidate
@EricHovde
claims "Biden, Harris and Baldwin let Kenosha burn." The Kenosha riots occurred on August 23-September 1, 2020. Biden & Harris were elected in November 2020. That means Donald Trump was president when Kenosha burned. How stupid is Hovde?
In Kenosha today with
@JDVance
,
@BryanSteil
, local law enforcement and business owners who were impacted by the violent riots that occurred in 2020.
Biden, Harris and Baldwin let Kenosha burn. We will always stand for the rule of law and keep Wisconsinites SAFE!
@RepTroyNehls
Let me quote from your fellow Republican Ron Desantis: "They did a search warrant .. What were they supposed to do, just ignore it? This search - they followed protocols, it was not a raid. They were serving valid process.”
Glenn Grothman is a liar. He voted against the Food Security For All Veterans Act and against health care for veterans exposed to toxic substances and burn pits during military service.
@RepGrothman
@POTUS
Glenn Grothman
@RepGrothman
must have lost his memory. His heroes Rush Limbaugh and
@seanhannity
said just the opposite. "The President cannot and does not control gas prices." Do your homework, Glenn!
Can Tom Tiffany explain why he voted against a $35 cap on insulin? One of every 12 adults in Wisconsin have been diagnosed with diabetes. 34.4% of the Wisconsin adult population have prediabetes with blood glucose levels that are higher than normal.
Every diabetic & parent of diabetic child must
#Vote
for
#Democrats
.
@RepTiffany
cares nothing for you.
My husband and I have spent as much as 20,000/year on medications, co-pays, uncovered expenses, appointments...
There are over 392,965 people in Wisconsin with diabetes.
@ScottWalker
Republican Scott Walker & his GOP majority legislature decimated Wisconsin schools. Their attack with Act 10 created a shortage of public school teachers. The shortage is real. Students are suffering as school districts hire substitute teachers to meet their needs.
In Wisconsin, 76% of the recipients of vouchers were already enrolled in the private schools. Vouchers take money from the public schools to provide additional money to rich parents who are already sending their kids to private schools.
@DanielBice
@SenRonJohnson
recommended gargling mouthwash as an effective treatment for coronavirus. That prompted the company making Listerine to publicly state that Listerine is "not clinically proven to kill the coronavirus that causes COVID-19." Johnson shows his ignorance about science.
Ron, you have a $1.6 million vacation home away from your constituents in Florida. Your kids are set up with their charter plane service which had a PPP loan forgiven, and received $944,704 in tax credits from Wisc. taxpayers for your Washington Ave. LLC. When is enough ENOUGH?
@PeteAguilar
Top 10 Countries Where Insulin is Most Expensive 2018:
United States — $98.70
Chile — $21.48
Mexico — $16.48
Japan — $14.40
Switzerland — $12.46
Canada — $12.00
Germany — $11.00
Korea — $10.30
Luxembourg — $10.15
Italy — $10.03
@SpeakerMcCarthy
Kevin McCarthy has a history of lying. There never were 87,000 IRS agents. The IRS also has seen its staffing levels fall to the same levels as 1973, despite having millions more returns to process and additional mandates to perform.
Democrats argue a state tax credit allowing the trust fund, which Johnson set up for his three children, to save millions of dollars in recent years is another sign of a system skewed toward the wealthy.
@MariaBartiromo
@FoxNews
@SundayFutures
Multi-millionaire Russian Rojo to cheap to help his kids buy business, so WI taxpayers GAVE them $1 million
That maybe not much to u, but it is to the majority of Wisconsinites
@SteveScalise
The lie of 87,000 new IRS agents was started by Kevin McCarthy. Then Matt Gaetz lied, saying the 87,000 new agents would all be armed in a
#FoxNews
interview. We know FoxNews does not fact check its "guests", so the lies spread and are repeated.
@SenRonJohnson
Now consider this: In his federal financial filings, Ron Johnson reported personal income ranging from $276,412 to $2.2 million in 2017 — on top of his Senate salary. That means he had a minimum income of $450,000 in the same year that he paid $2,105 in state income taxes.
You must be posting about Scott Walker, his billionaire handlers, Diane Hendricks, Elizabeth Uihlein, the Kochs, the
@wisGOP
, Karl Rowe, the Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, and ALEC who are responsible for the Wisconsin corruption.
Of course, Sen. Ron Johnson & Reps Scott Fitzgerald & Tom Tiffany absolutely should resign.
They should never be allowed to run for office again.
They & the
#Wisconsin
Repub Party cannot be trusted.
'Slay the Dragon' is a documentary film on Amazon Prime outlining how gerrymandering has eroded American democracy and helped usher compromise out of our legislatures. It shows how Michigan residents were able to gain back control.
Wisconsin public workers earning $50,000 a year saw their take-home pay shrink by about 8.5% because they had to pay more for their previously negotiated benefits, according to an analysis of Scott Walker's Act 10 by the nonpartisan Wisconsin Legislative Fiscal Bureau at the time
@SheehyforMT
What is going on?
2024 Republican CARPETBAGGERS for the U.S. Senate:
Tim Sheehy from Minnesota candidate in Montana
Eric Hovde from California candidate in Wisconsin
Mike Rogers from Florida candidate in Michigan
Dave McCormick from Connecticut candidate in Pennsylvania
@maddow
@mattsmith_news
Robin Vos would not be speaker if
#Wisconsin
was not gerrymandered. He's had a free ride with the Wisconsin GOP and their agenda. We need to end gerrymandering, and elect true representatives of the people.
Joe Buck (R-CO) was just on MSNBC with Kati Tur. Joe Buck says a possible thing to get done are to get rid of the 87,000 IRS agents. Kati Tur never questioned his B.S. lie. There NEVER were 87,000 agents. A lie started by Kevin McCarthy and repeated by other republicans as well.
Andrew Hitt claims he was tricked? That's B.S. He was the chairman of the Republican Party of Wisconsin from 2019 until 2021. Hitt is a partner at consulting and lobbying firm Michael Best Strategies, the law firm that created the original gerrymandered maps.
#Wisconsin
fake electors need to be charged with felonies. If convicted of a felony, these Republican leaders, then felons, will no longer have the privilege to vote.😄Add
@RonJohnsonWI
to the criminal case. He was directly involved in the fake Trump electors scheme.
@JoshKaulWI
Republicans are doing their best to keep the electorate uninformed. It's people like
@SenRonJohnson
with constant lies and
@FoxNews
that doesn't fact check their guests that tear the country apart. Facts and alternative points of view are missing from our electorate.
@LisaRules
Reagan dropped the top tax rate from 70% to 28% and made up the difference by taxing social security benefits, gave us the failed trickle down theory, abolished the Fairness Doctrine which led to
@FoxNews
, fired the air traffic controllers, and even more long term damage.
@thedailybeast
The Center for Media and Democracy has documented how charter schools in the Betsy DeVos backyard of Michigan have been embroiled in fraud and scandal, and how the state has even received federal tax dollars for charters that never even opened.
@PopularLiberal
@Jim_Jordan
and
@HBO
: What happened to George Clooney’s documentary about the Ohio State Sexual Abuse cover-up? It was originally supposed to air in September 2022. What is causing the release delay?
William Koch, who lives one door away from Mar-a-Lago, was under IRS criminal investigation until Trump assumed office and the IRS abruptly dropped the case. Koch is collecting more than $100 million a year without paying income taxes according to David Cay Johnston DCReport.
@PerlmanGerry
A money penalty means nothing to Trump. The Trump inauguration Committee raised $109 million dollars. The District of Columbia only wanted the
#TrumpCrimeFamily
to pay a total of $750,000. Donald Trump got off way too easy. Never disclosed: How much came from Russia via the NRA
Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) took the 5th 75 times when he was deposed for committing the largest case of Medicare fraud in U.S history. He is also trying to end Medicare hoping it will get “spoiled” Americans back to work. "Spoiled" is his word, not mine. He is worth $225M.
@terry_jepson
@SenRickScott
@JoeBiden
Rick Scott should be made to live on his Social Security check for 3 months … so many of us, this is ALL we have 😞
After 3 months, then we can certify “IF” he’s incapable of empathy, caring & concern of his fellow man
Ron Johnson is a traitor (fake electors), liar (I won’t run for a third term), Russian propagandist (Ukraine interfered in our elections), disinformation spewer (athletes are dying from vaccines), & buffoon (FBI set me up) & against Social Security.
Lara Trump (Eric's wife) and Kimberly Guilfoyle (Donald Jr's girlfriend) are each receiving $15,000 per month through the
@FPOTUS_DT
campaign manager’s private company, GOP sources said, to dodge FEC rules. Maybe the Beatles were wrong. Money can buy love and have you tell lies.
I am not aware of a single Democrat who wants to slash Social Security benefits. The 2 U.S. Senators leading the charge to cut Social Security & Medicare are multimillionaires. They have no idea how the common person lives.
@SenRonJohnson
and
@SenRickScott
are multimillionaires
Eric Hovde, Wisconsin Senate candidate does not want fix or replace Obamacare, he wants to get rid of it completely. That's back to a time with people with preexisting conditions were denied health insurance.
@WisGOP
@RonJohnsonWI
Senator Ron Johnson has lied to us for the past 14 years he has been in office. He continues to lie.
@RonJohnsonWI
wants to throw Social Security & Medicare money into the U.S. general budget making those payments discretionary. Seniors will be screwed if that happens.
@LePapillonBlu2
Donald Trump claimed that he “lost hundreds of friends” at the World Trade Center as a result of the 9/11 attack. He has refused to name just one of the 2983 that died. He attended ZERO funerals.
@tammybaldwin
California Bank owner Eric Hovde would be classified as a carpetbagger. Wisconsin doesn't need him representing our values. Reminds me of East coast carpetbagger Tim Michels running for governor.
Two Billionaires contributed around $20 million to groups backing
@RonJohnsonWI
’s 2016 reelection campaign. The tax break he spearheaded saved them $79 million in taxes in 2018 and could deliver more than HALF A BILLION in tax savings over its eight-year life. Quid-pro-quo?
Let’s quit talking about sending more agents to harass Americans, and instead talk about the real solution for the tax system: simplification and rationalization.
As long as Robin Vos is the Wisconsin Assembly Speaker, we'll never have hearings on topics of interest to all Wisconsin citizens. including medicaid expansion, legalizing marijuana, fair maps thru legislation, gun safety laws, expanding broadband, and reproductive rights.
Republicans plan to throw ten of millions of seniors into poverty and make healthcare virtually unaffordable for a most vulnerable class when they pull social security (which would include Medicare/Medicaid) "up by the roots"
Who votes for these people?
@RonJohnsonWI
After watching another
@RonJohnsonWI
ad, I think it’s time congress amends the Truth in Advertising laws and extends them to political ads.
@SenRonJohnson
@ChuckGrassley
Hypocrites, all of the GOP. Could we get Jared Kushner's WhatsApp texts, Ivanka's emails, Donald Trump's unsecure phone calls, the translator's notes from Helsinki, the fully unredacted Mueller report, and the return of the additional stolen classified documents Trump has
Ron Johnson was re-elected in large part because he assured voters he had "no involvement" in the attempted coup attempt-- via defrauding WI voters. This was a lie: He was not only involved, he was an organizer! Source: The
@January6thCmte
transcripts released on Jan 2nd, 2023
Then so be it! It's unfair to WI voters to continue to allow this clown to deny his obvious complicity. We need to see/hear
@SenRonJohnson
's testimony "under oath." Prosecutors can take it from there......
@catturd2
The coronavirus could have come from a Chinese lab or the wet market, but China is not responsible for Trump's poor response. Trump lied and told the public it was going away. The Trump administration required the CDC to alter it's reports to match Trump's political position.
Think of the numbers : Over a million millionaires failed to file a federal return for tax years 2017-2020 owing the government as much as $66 billion. And Republicans want to cut IRS funding. Amazing!
Source :The US Senate Finance Committee chair Ron Wyden (D-OR) Sept 28, 2023
The gerrymandered Republicans in the Wisconsin Assembly and Senate wrote these referendum questions. Every Republican voted in favor. Every Democrats voted against. A party line vote tells us what is going on. This is one more attempt by the
@wisGOP
for voter suppression.
This is extremely important information - WIsconsin voters! Please Vote NO on both ballot constitutional amendments! R’s are playing tricks on everyone ….again.
@WDog77
@RonJohnsonWI
Pro-Johnson groups spent at least $76.5 million, versus $50 million for pro-Barnes groups. The biggest pro-Johnson group was Wisconsin Truth PAC, the largest single-candidate Super PAC in the country, largely funded by Dick and Liz Uihlein and Diane Hendricks.
#EndCitizensUnited
.
Wisconsinites, vote No to both referendum questions on August 13. Very good explanation below. When an emergency strikes, we need the help immediately, not wait for the legislature to convene, debate, and agree.
@synathroesmus
Current system works fine. These two WI Const Amend questions are solutions in search of real problems. Think about it — a tornado, ice storm or flood ravages your community; you want to wait for the WI Leg to meet, debate, both houses adopt bill that is signed by Gov?
#VoteNoNo
@WTFucktocracy
@GrandpaDennisP
The Georgia special grand jury recommended indictments against twice as many people as the 19 ultimately charged by prosecutors. As more facts come out, more could be indicted with insurrection. GA district attorney Willis's love life has nothing to do with the Trump's crime.
What is going on?
2024 Republican CARPETBAGGERS for the U.S. Senate:
Eric Hovde from California candidate in Wisconsin
Mike Rogers from Florida candidate in Michigan
Dave McCormick from Connecticut candidate in Pennsylvania
Tim Sheehy from Minnesota candidate in Montana
@maddow
@dpakman
The GOP has repeatedly made cuts to the IRS that is woefully understaffed to collect the $1.5 T in uncollected taxes every year. Do you pay your taxes? You have nothing to worry about. The political party that makes you think you need to worry operates on FEAR.
When Scott Fitzgerald was Wis. Senate Majority Leader the gerrymandered maps were drawn. The Court ordered the GOP to turn over documents related to redistricting. According to court filings, just after the Court order, thousands of these files were deleted & wiped.
@MikeLoychik
Even George W. Bush had an immigration reform bill in Congress and the GOP in the House and Senate blocked it. Obama had a immigration reform bill, the GOP in the House & Senate blocked it. It is the GOP that is stopping immigration reform for politics & then blame Democrats.