I may have felt unsafe when Antifa Capitol stormed in.

Republican Senator Ron Johnson in Wisconsin is under fire after he said during an interview that he may have felt threatened during the riot on January 6 when protesters from Black Lives Matter and members of Antifa stormed the Capitol. ‘Although the thousands of people marching to the Capitol tried to force people like me to vote the way they want me to vote, I knew it was people who loved this country, who truly respected law enforcement, would never do anything. do not violate the law, so I was not worried, ”Johnson said during an interview on The Joe Pags Show. Johnson spoke of recent comments in which he underestimated the danger posed by the riot. and said he did not ‘feel really threatened’ that day.

Johnson then said something he apparently knew would be controversial. “If the tables were turned – Joe, it could get me in trouble – if the tables were turned, and President Trump won the election and it was tens of thousands of protesters from Black Lives Matter and Antifa, I might have been a little worried, ” said the Wisconsin senator. The talk show host, Joe “Pags” Pagliarulo, was a little surprised by what he heard but eventually agreed with Johnson. “Wow, that’s a big statement,” he said. “But that’s a true statement.” None of them can remember the videos of pro-Trump rioters attacking police officers. At least five people have been killed in the riots, including one police officer. Two other police officers were later killed by suicide and more than 100 other law enforcers were injured.

Some quickly called Johnson’s statements racist. Rep. Mark Pocan of Wisconsin said the comments “serious embarrassment to our state, ”Adding that we have moved from ordinary old fringe, extremist outbursts to extremist and racist outbursts. LaTonya Johnson, senator from Wisconsin, agreed. ‘What, white people do not like this country and black people do not? That is exactly what he is saying, “Johnson said. “For him to say something racist like that – it’s ridiculous.” Rep. California’s Ted Lieu also blew up Johnson, on Twitter that “the mob killed a police officer and injured 140 other officers.”

Johnson stands by his words. Of the 7,750 protests this summer linked to BLM and Antifa, 570 turned into riots that killed 25 people and damaged $ 1- $ 2 billion in property. That is why I would have been more worried, “Johnson said in a statement.