MADISON – This week Sen. Ron Johnson became the poster boy for GOP obstructionism on the Supreme Court vacancy. During a radio interview yesterday, Sen. Johnson admitted what everyone already knew: that his refusal to fill the high court’s vacancy has nothing to do with principle and everything to do with partisan politics.
Johnson’s admission that he would consider a Republican president’s nominee is making national headlines as a case study in GOP obstructionism. But Wisconsinites are all too familiar with Johnson falling in line behind Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump instead of listening to the people of this state.
Johnson finally served up a dose of honesty to the people of Wisconsin. His priority is not to “let the American people decide” the direction of the court but to kowtow to the demands of Mitch McConnell, the Koch brothers, and the billionaires backing his two super PACs.
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