GOP senator ‘peddling conspiracy theories’ about 9/11

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Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) rebuked Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) on Tuesday evening for “peddling conspiracy theories” about the 9/11 attacks.

Johnson, in an interview this week with a conservative influencer, said he wants to hold additional hearings on the attack on the World Trade Center complex in New York City, after watching a documentary and speaking to others who doubt the government’s probe into the attack that killed nearly 3,000 people, including hundreds of first responders.

“There are a host of questions that I will be asking, quite honestly, now that my eyes have been opened up,” Johnson said.

Lawler tore into the comments, calling them “crap.”

“Respectfully, Senator Johnson should stop peddling conspiracy theories about the worst terrorist attack in our nation’s history and one that forever altered the lives of so many of my fellow New Yorkers,” Lawler wrote on the social platform X, resharing an article about Johnson’s remarks. Johnson, who is in his third Senate term, chairs the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.

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