GOP Sen. Ron Johnson is clearly terrified of offending even a sliver of the right — even if that means being held hostage by a shrinking minority of his own base, SykesCharlie writes.
, Johnson explained to a conservative group on Sept. 1 that he agreed with Thomas’ legal reasoning but insisted that even though it overturned Roe, the court would never overturn Obergefell. “Justice Thomas is probably right that [Obergefell] was wrongly decided,” he said. “But that’s a different issue as to whether or not the Supreme Court will overturn it.”Johnson did seem conflicted, saying he didn’t “want to see millions of lives disrupted.
And he lashed out at the bill’s proponents. “I’m not happy with the Baldwins of the world who are just opening that wound,” he said, referring to his Wisconsin colleague Tammy Baldwin, the first lesbian to be elected to the Senate. So to summarize: Johnson was for codifying same-sex marriage before he was against it, he agrees with Justice Thomas’ argument that Obergefell had been wrong decided — and therefore unconstitutional — but he insists that there was no chance that it would ever be overturned, and he blames the media for forcing him to falsely proclaim his support.The New York Times columnist Bret Stephensa fitting political epitaph for Johnson: “His principles are lousy, and he’s not a man of principle.
But Johnson is a man in a desperate fight for another term, and it’s not clear that he’s a man of political savvy, either.
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