Johnson is widely seen as the most vulnerable GOP incumbent senator facing reelection in November, and his victory is critical to the Republicans’ path to regaining control of the Senate. Despite his recent turnaround in election surveys, the race in Wisconsin remains tight, with polling averages putting him ahead by 2 to 3 percentage points.
Johnson continued to deny any involvement in a scheme involving a top aide from his office to hand a fake slate of electors to former Vice President Mike Pence on Jan. 6, and emphasized that he voted to certify the 2020 election for Biden ― therefore marking the accusation as a “non-issue.” Johnson previously planned to object to certifying the election results, but did not do so in the end. The senator has also previously struggled with keeping his story of what occured on Jan. 6 consistent.
When asked if Pence did the right thing by certifying the election, Johnson answered, “Yes, President Biden is now president of the United States.”
Johnson was also hit by Barnes over past comments where he suggested that Social Security and Medicare should be eliminated as mandatory spending programs, and instead be approved by Congress as discretionary. In fact, Johnson previously expressed that he’d like to “turn everything into discretionary spending” ― a comment Democrats have gone after.
“Let me make myself very clear. I want to save Social Security. I want to save Medicare,” Johnson said. “What I’ve been…
