Sen. Johnson to Newsmax: Biased Media Covering Up for Barnes, Fetterman

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., says a highly biased media is covering up for Democrat challenger Mandela Barnes and that his campaign needs money to “get the truth out.”

“We have a big challenge on our hands with a biased media,” Johnson said Friday during an appearance on Newsmax‘s “Spicer & Co.”

“We need money to get the truth out about people like Mandela Barnes and [Democratic Senate nominee in Pennsylvana] John Fetterman.” Controversial tweets by Barnes, the lieutenant governor in Wisconsin, were detailed Thursday in a story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, including one where he poked at Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., on gun control.

After Scalise said being shot didn’t change his views on gun control, Barnes tweeted, “Taking one for the team. I question how people vote against self-interest, but this is next level. He literally almost died on this hill.”

Johnson said the media is covering up for Barnes…. (Excerpt from Newsmax)