Voices were “definitely raised,” according to the report, with Sen. Ron Johnson pointing at Sen. Mitt Romney at one stage.
Republican Sens. Ron Johnson and Mitt Romney had a heated exchange on the Senate floor Saturday after Romney voted to allow witnesses in former president Donald Trump’s impeachment trial.
A “visibly upset” Johnson (R-Wis.) turned to Romney (R-Utah) and the two went “back and forth” with Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) between them, according to pool reports.
“Blame you,” Johnson told Romney. Voices were “definitely raised,” according to the report, with Johnson pointing at Romney at one stage.
Asked about the confrontation by reporters, Johnson declined to get into it, saying “those are private conversations.” A reporter then noted that reporters heard it.
“That’s grotesque you guys are recording,” Johnson said, to which a reporter noted they were allowed to witness the proceedings.
Johnson, a Trump ally, told reporters that the vote will merely “inflame the situation.”
“We never should have this impeachment trial. It’s not healing, it’s not unifying, it’s like opening up a wound and just rubbing salt in it,” Johnson said. “I thought we were going come to a conclusion here today and [then] let’s rip the wound back open, let’s rub more salt in it.”
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Republican Sens. Ron Johnson and Mitt Romney had a heated exchange on the Senate floor Saturday after Romney voted to allow witnesses in former president Donald Trump’s impeachment trial https://t.co/o7mSoMfq4h
— POLITICO (@politico) February 13, 2021
Maybe someone should have warned @RonJohnsonWI about the dangers of "inflaming" situations when he helped spread false claims the election was stolen on *January 3.* https://t.co/cUxltbS1Fj https://t.co/MrGCk19RKf
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) February 13, 2021
This is what it sounds like when you sneak one too many blunts at work. https://t.co/tqaVMsZpny
— Michael Steele (@MichaelSteele) February 13, 2021
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