The Republican senator has an affinity for baseless conspiracy theories. On Thursday night, he proved just how committed he is to upholding that reputation. (via MaddowBlog)
. The senator acknowledged the briefing to The Washington Post, conceding that he’d been “a target of Russian disinformation.”
In other words, the then-chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee may have been targeted by the Kremlin, while the senator was seeking dirt on the future American president. When the FBI delivered a private warning, Johnson — who famouslyWhen this came up in last night’s debate, Johnson, whosehas long been among his more unsettling qualities, peddled another conspiracy theory.
at Johnson’s comments — and as a rule, when voters laugh at a candidate during a debate, that’s far from ideal.
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