Sen. Ron Johnson Booed at Juneteenth Event
He then complained: “This isn’t very nice, is it?”
Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), who blocked passage of federal Juneteenth legislation two years ago but relented in recent days, was roundly booed when he showed up at a holiday event in Milwaukee this weekend. A crowd gathered around a GOP booth at the celebration, shouting, “We don’t want you here.” Johnson was clearly annoyed by the response. “You come down here and try to interact with people and be nice to people. But this isn’t very nice, is it?” he said, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, calling the hecklers “nasty.”
Other reporters and I were interviewing @RonJohnsonWI at Milwaukee’s #Juneteenth celebration when a crowd booed Johnson. As the media availability ended, people continued expressing disapproval when he left. This continued as he made his way through the event. pic.twitter.com/NNhs3BJ33s
— Victor Jacobo (@victorjacobo_) June 19, 2021
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