Sen. Ron Johnson proved he's a little too fond of far-right misinformation with his response to a question about election results. (via MaddowBlog)
, just as important as the Wisconsin incumbent’s position is the degree to which it reflects a radical new normal in Republican politics.
It was in September 2020 when Donald Trump first balked publicly at the idea of a peaceful transfer of power. What we didn’t fully realize at the time was that he was helping create new standards for his party. The Washington Post recently on a dozen Republican candidates in competitive races for governor and Senate declining to say whether they would accept the legitimacy of the upcoming results., asking nominees for governor and the Senate in midterm battlegrounds whether they would commit to accepting this year’s election results. The results were similar: Most Republicans either wouldn’t answer or wouldn’t make such a commitment, while Democratic candidates said they would respect the results, win or lose.
Indeed, note that Johnson’s comments yesterday did not immediately generate widespread coverage. In the not-too-distant past, it would’ve seemed outlandish for a sitting senator to suggest he might reject the legitimacy of his own state’s elections because of conspiracy theories he couldn’t substantiate.
, “The first threat is acute: a growing movement inside one of the country’s two major parties — the Republican Party — to refuse to accept defeat in an election.”
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