Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) announced on July 19 that he would oppose the confirmation of President Joe Biden’s nominee for U.S. attorney in his state, on the basis of tweets the nominee made about him following the events of Jan. 6, 2021. Johnson said the nominee would act as “another political partisan” if confirmed.
In several since-deleted tweets, Sopen Shah, Biden’s pick for U.S. attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, made several derogatory comments about Johnson.
During the Capitol breach on January 6, Shah said in a tweet preserved by web archives, “THIS IS TERRORISM” in response to reports that shots had been fired inside the Capitol….