GOP senator slammed after urging conservatives to run for local office and 'take back our culture'
U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) is urging conservatives voters to run for local office to "take back our culture." Some are expressing confusion as to what culture he is referring to, and from who it should be retrieved. Others are making pointed references to Sen. Johnson's infamous 2018 trip to Moscow on the Fourth of July, after which he was accused of coming back spouting Russian propaganda, which he is still accused of now. And others are suggesting he means white supremacy.
Over the weekend Johnson "urged his fellow Republicans to 'take back' local government positions in order to 'take back our culture,'" The Hill reports. "Take back our school boards, our county boards, our city councils. We will take back our culture. We don't have to fear this anymore."
Johnson's 2018 remarks calling for America to go easy ion Russia in the wake of its devastating attack on U.S. democracy in 2016 and the years leading up to that election were more fodder for state-run Russian media outlets like TASS and Sputnik.
Johnson was mocked and castigated on social media:
What \u201cculture\u201d is Ron Johnson talking about? Russian culture?— Barbara Malmet (@Barbara Malmet) 1624890844
@SenRonJohnson Ron Johnson said we need to take back OUR culture!! What exactly is OUR culture? Please explain what American culture is and who exactly is taking it away from US?— joe (@joe) 1624888656
By "our culture" Ron Johnson means white supremacy.\n#RonJohnsonIsARacisthttps://twitter.com/thehill/status/1409476685569921031\u00a0\u2026— Alta & Navy Mac \u2693 It's the filibuster or democracy (@Alta & Navy Mac \u2693 It's the filibuster or democracy) 1624881929
By "our culture" Ron Johnson means white supremacy.\n#RonJohnsonIsARacisthttps://twitter.com/thehill/status/1409476685569921031\u00a0\u2026— Alta & Navy Mac \u2693 It's the filibuster or democracy (@Alta & Navy Mac \u2693 It's the filibuster or democracy) 1624881929
"Take back *our* culture" says old rich white male. | Ron Johnson calls for Republicans to run for local office and 'take back our culture'https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/560454-ron-johnson-calls-for-republicans-to-run-for-local-office-and-take-back-our\u00a0\u2026— JanF Blogs (@JanF Blogs) 1624879626
And when Ron Johnson says \u201cour culture,\u201d he doesn\u2019t mean American culture or western culture. \n\nHe means white supremacy.\n\nRon Johnson is a racist, fascist, Trump cultist— Shelley\u2019s Heart \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 (@Shelley\u2019s Heart \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7) 1624877421
Shouldn\u2019t that read White supremacist, Ron Johnson, calls for Republicans to \u201ctake back our culture\u201d???— Aardvark (@Aardvark) 1624895723
What \u201cculture\u201d is Russian Ron Johnson trying to take back??https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1409502361056382978\u00a0\u2026— TheAverageBlackMan\u2122 (@TheAverageBlackMan\u2122) 1624889377
Ron Johnson a real WHITE American wants to take his culture back. Which culture Ron? \nRussian kind or the Hooded kind?pic.twitter.com/tFJNxcJwfX— UnitedWeStand (@UnitedWeStand) 1624881686
Sen. Ron Johnson is referring to #Whitesupremacist culture.— Rick Adams (@Rick Adams) 1624868204
When Sen. Ron Johnson said, "take back our culture," he is referring to White-supremacy culture. A culture of segregation, hatred and violence. Johnson is not a American patriot, he hates this country.\n\n#wtpBLUE #BLM #DemVoice1— Rick Adams (@Rick Adams) 1624855346
