Sen. Johnson questions Dems' focus on Jan. 6 Capitol riot amid debate over independent commission
Caitlin Dickson
At a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing Tuesday, Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., accused his Democratic colleagues of devoting too much attention to dangers posed by domestic terrorism and the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Though the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI have both identified racially motivated domestic extremists, specifically white supremacists, as the greatest domestic terrorism threat currently facing the United States, Johnson said he is more concerned about other threats, such as those posed by transnational criminal organizations that smuggle drugs into the U.S. and vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure.