evidence: Bice: U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson's 10 most controversial statements of 2021 It was the year of U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, unleashed. [...] "Even though those thousands of people that were marching to the Capitol were trying to pressure people like me to vote the way they wanted me to vote, I knew those were people that love this country, that truly respect law enforcement, would never do anything to break the law, and so I wasn't concerned," Johnson told conservative talk show host Joe Pags in March.