![]() Johnson has also made significant efforts to downplay and rewrite the events of January 6, claiming Sunday that the riot was not an armed insurrection because people had stayed “within the rope lines” in the Capitol. In response to YouTube’s decision to suspend his channel, Johnson told CNN, “YouTube’s ongoing Covid censorship proves they have accumulated too much unaccountable power.” Johnson, who tested positive for coronavirus last fall, said at the time that he was “sticking up for people who choose not to get vaccinated.” As of March, Johnson told CNN he had not yet been vaccinated because he previously had Covid-19. In May, CNN fact-checked Johnson’s false statements suggesting Covid-19 vaccines were dangerous and potentially deadly. This is not the first time Johnson has made false claims regarding the coronavirus. In the video, Johnson voiced support for using hydroxychloroquine against the virus, the same drug Trump enthusiastically endorsed and used as a preventative treatment for coronavirus last year.įacts First: The US Food and Drug Administration does not recommend using the drugs mentioned by Johnson for treating the coronavirus and warned against using hydroxychloroquine as early as July 2020 – two weeks after it revoked an emergency use authorization for using hydroxychloroquine to treat the virus – due to heart rhythm risks. On Friday, YouTube suspended Johnson’s account after it posted a video of the senator making dubious claims about treatments for the coronavirus. Johnson has been one of the most prominent Republican senators this year to make false and incorrect claims – often repeating narratives touted by former President Donald Trump and his allies – over the pandemic and the Capitol riot. The senator faced online punishment Friday after making false claims over treatments for Covid-19 and, over the weekend, downplayed the events of the January 6 riot during an interview on Fox News. Ron Johnson’s penchant for spreading false claims and misinformation shows no signs of stopping after a week in which he touted falsehoods related to both the January 6 Capitol riot and Covid-19.
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