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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
April 8, 2021 - Introduced by Representatives Sinicki, Moore Omokunde, Bowen,
Emerson, Baldeh, Hebl, Stubbs, Brostoff, Cabrera, Hesselbein, Anderson,
Spreitzer, Shelton, Neubauer, B. Meyers, McGuire, Snodgrass, Hong,
Ohnstad, Goyke, L. Myers and Pope, cosponsored by Senators Carpenter,
Johnson, Roys, Wirch and Larson. Referred to Committee on Rules.
AJR34,1,1 1Relating to: opposing and condemning the actions of Senator Ron Johnson.
AJR34,1,32 Whereas, during his current term in office, Senator Johnson has used his
3position of power to sow division and spread disinformation; and
AJR34,1,74 Whereas, in 2020, Senator Johnson's Senate Committee on Homeland Security
5and Governmental Affairs received the lowest score of any committee in the
6nonpartisan Lugar Center's Congressional Oversight Hearing Index, which grades
7the oversight performance of congressional committees; and
AJR34,1,108 Whereas, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Senator Johnson used
9his committee's platform to promote unproven drugs and to advance inaccurate
10claims about how to slow the spread of the virus; and
AJR34,1,1311 Whereas, following the 2020 presidential election, Senator Johnson used his
12committee to elevate former President Trump's baseless claims of widespread voter
13fraud; and
AJR34,2,3
1Whereas, Senator Johnson threatened to vote against congressional
2recognition of President Biden's victory, without offering any evidence of the sort of
3widespread voter fraud he was alleging; and
AJR34,2,64 Whereas, since the January 6 attack on our nation's capitol building, which
5resulted in the deaths of five people, Senator Johnson has mischaracterized the
6nature of the event and spread falsehoods about those who were responsible; and
AJR34,2,97 Whereas, in response to Senator Johnson's outrageous comments about the
8January 6 attack, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel published an editorial calling on
9Senator Johnson to resign; and
AJR34,2,1210 Whereas, this month Senator Johnson sought to single-handedly delay the
11passage of the most recent stimulus bill by forcing an 11-hour reading of the
12legislation; and
AJR34,2,1613 Whereas, just days ago, Senator Johnson said in a radio interview that he was
14not concerned about the January 6 rioters because, among other things, he knew that
15they “love this country,” but that he would have been concerned if instead they were
16Black Lives Matter protesters; and
AJR34,2,1917 Whereas, Senator Johnson has violated his oath to support and defend the
18Constitution and neglected his duty to represent the people of this great state; now,
19therefore, be it
AJR34,2,22 20Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the Wisconsin
21Legislature condemns the actions of Senator Ron Johnson, which have brought the
22Wisconsin Legislature and the state of Wisconsin into disrepute.
AJR34,2,2323 (End)
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