Johnson Has Meltdown Defending Trump After Dropping Bomb On Him

On Friday, Ron Johnson inadvertently named himself a witness for the Democrats impeaching Trump by dropping a bomb on him:

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson was blocked by President Donald Trump in August from telling Ukraine's president that U.S. aid was on its way amid accusations Trump was withholding it until the eastern European nation investigated his political rival.

Trump rejected Johnson's request after also refusing in May to back new Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the Oshkosh Republican said Friday.

“I was surprised by the president’s reaction and realized we had a sales job to do,” Johnson said during a constituent stop in Sheboygan. “I tried to convince him (in August) to give me the authority to tell President Zelensky that we were going to provide that. Now, I didn’t succeed."

RoJo's comments also made it clear that Trump was withholding the money from Ukraine for political reasons weeks before the public was made aware of it.

Apparently, this put RoJo in hot water with the White House, so he went on NBC's Meet the Press to bluster a defense of Trump, obviously using White House talking points that included old conspiracy theories.

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