Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, chairman of the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, chairman of the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said Thursday (Jan. 7) that states need to investigate election irregularities and reestablish the power of state legislatures over elections.
I sincerely hope this debate will serve as a wake-up call to state legislatures that these concerns are legitimate, fully investigate state irregularities, reaffirm their authority over federal elections, and establish controls to restore confidence in our election system,” Johnson said in a statement. The solution lies with the states, not the federal government.”
Johnson said millions of Americans are concerned that elections are riddled with fraud, and he explained that this concern is justified.
“Those who have lost confidence are not crazy. They are patriots who love America dearly and are appalled by what they have witnessed over the past four years: a thoroughly corrupt FBI investigation of a duly elected president; a heavily biased media that picks sides and uses its power to interfere in our politics to a far greater degree than any foreign entity could ever hope to achieve; an increasingly powerful social media that censors news and conservative voices for censorship; and courts and election officials usurping the constitutional authority of the state legislature in determining the time, place and manner of elections.” He wrote.
Johnson noted that Americans saw the Communist virus (Wuhan pneumonia) epidemic “used” to expand the implementation of mail-in ballots, followed by rumors that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg had poured $500 million into local governments with contracts that involved allowing nonprofits to decide how to conduct elections.
“Then on election day, they saw poll watchers being thrown out or blocked from monitoring the votes. They heard reports of dead people voting, people who voted who had moved out of town or lived at addresses that were unoccupied. There were also people voting twice, once by absentee ballot and once in person. Large Democratic-controlled counties waited until Republican counties reported before releasing vote totals in the wee hours of the morning; election officials and others refused to turn over evidence to those investigating irregularities; and courts refused to hear the evidence obtained, instead dismissing election challenges on procedural grounds.”
Johnson wrote: “Can you blame so many people for losing faith in the fairness of our electoral system and questioning the legitimacy of the election results?”
“For the sake of our nation’s future unity, the states must rightly assume their responsibility to take the necessary actions and alleviate any doubts (Americans) may have about the fairness and legitimacy of future elections.” Johnson wrote in closing.
The statement outlines a speech Johnson read on the Senate floor Wednesday (Jan. 6), when Congress was debating opposition to Arizona’s voter turnout. That debate was interrupted by protesters who stormed the Capitol.
Johnson, who has two years left in his current term, had held the only federal hearing on irregularities in the 2020 election.
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