Sen. Ron Johnson Exposes Fake “Unity” Party In Blistering Rebuke On Senate Floor [VIDEO]

After six years as chairman, Republican Ron Johnson of Wisconsin presided for the last time Tuesday over a meeting of the Senate’s homeland security committee.

The panel voted 7-4 to advance the nomination of Alejandro Mayorkas to be homeland security secretary.

Johnson voted against the nomination.

On Tuesday, Sen. Johnson exposed the fake, so-called “unity” party in THIS blistering rebuke on the Senate floor:

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Sen. Ron Johnson: “A trial of a former president is simply vindictive. It will divide.” pic.twitter.com/kxkKrZTycQ

— The Hill (@thehill) January 26, 2021

“This is obviously my last action as chairman. … It’s been a real honor and privilege to serve,” Johnson told the committee in his concluding remarks.

“I really hope we can move forward in the next Congress in what I consider the tradition of bipartisanship this committee has … generally exhibited. But we have enormous challenges facing this nation. The only way we’re going to solve these problems is working together.

“I agree with President Biden, we need to heal, we need to unify,” said Johnson, whose tenure became a lightning rod for Democrats, especially toward the end of the Trump presidency, with clashes over the Trump impeachment, investigations involving Russia and Ukraine, the handling of the pandemic, and the conduct of the 2020 election.

I will work with other like-minded Republican senators to challenge the constitutionality of this vindictive #impeachment trial before it begins.

— Senator Ron Johnson (@SenRonJohnson) January 26, 2021

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Johnson has two years left in his Senate term. His chairmanship was due to end this month no matter which party controlled the Senate because the GOP imposes a six-year term limit on committee chairs.

Johnson nevertheless remained chair of his committee until Tuesday because the Senate had yet to come to a new power-sharing arrangement between the parties. That agreement is now imminent, and Michigan Democrat Gary Peters will be the new homeland security chair.

Johnson and three other Republicans on the committee voted against Biden’s homeland security nominee, Mayorkas, who served as deputy secretary of the department under President Barack Obama.

Mayorkas, whose family fled Castro’s Cuba in 1960, would be the first immigrant to head homeland security, which oversees most immigration issues and policies.

Johnson cited questions about the intervention of Mayorkas in some immigrant visa cases when he headed Citizenship and Immigration Services, which drew criticism in a 2015 Inspector General’s report.

“I believe the president should get the cabinet members he or she wants, even if I disagree with them on certain policy issues,” said Johnson, but the senator said he had integrity concerns based on the visa issue.

Other Republicans oppose the nomination because of their objections to Biden’s immigration agenda.

Two Republicans on the panel, Ohio’s Rob Portman and Utah’s Mitt Romney, said they had concerns about the same visa cases cited by Johnson, but said it was urgent to get a homeland security secretary in place. Portman said Democrats had the votes to approve Mayorkas regardless.