MEDIA LOSER: Newsmax's Benny Johnson Benny Johnson inexplicably claimed the violence of the Jan. 6 riot was exaggerated while arguing "you can't find any moment where the right has behaved violently" on air Tuesday. "Ladies and gentlemen, this is going to create a thing that we have been warning about for a long time on this program, which is desperation," Johnson said of the left on his podcast. "So the desperation in the left, the desperation the left will have as they have been radicalized and turned into drooling, feral, braindead lizards by the corporate press, is that they are going to start behaving violently. And this is what happens in all fascistic movements," he continued. After claiming the left is on its way to becoming feral (?) Johnson exclaimed that one could not find a single example of the right behaving violently. "You can't," he added. "You can find some jackasses that pushed cops around at the Capitol." He went on to lament the attention the media gave the Jan. 6 attack, saying, "I am sick of hearing of January 6, and I truly hope that Republicans have the balls to go and start to investigate and to erode and to lock up and to throw away the keys some of these goons that create political violence on the left." The left, of course, does not have a monopoly on violence. Neither does the right. Putting aside the insurrection, there have been violent attacks on both abortion providers and pro-life centers since the Supreme Court overturned Roe V. Wade. Johnson later said he wanted to see those on the left who commit violence "in chains" and "perp walked," though he didn't cite examples of violence. While Johnson attempted to downplay the Capitol attack as the fault of "some jackasses," the crowd used guns, pipes, and other weapons to beat back police and storm the Capitol. The attack left five people dead and resulted in the suicide of four Capitol Police officers. 150 officers in total were wounded in the riot. |