POLITICAL CULTURE

Absurd GOP Senator Says Antifa Caused Capitol Riot; Actual Rioters Disagree

“We proudly take responsibility,” say Trump supporters

Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin speaking at CPAC 2011 in Washington, D.C., Photo by Gage Skidmore CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Yesterday, during a hearing about the January 6 Capitol riot, Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) revived a conspiracy theory from January, stating that “provocateurs” and “fake Trump protesters” were…