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8:14BriefSen. Tammy Baldwin joins other Senate Democrats in a moment of silence for 8 minutes and 46 seconds Thursday morning, June 4, 2020 in Emancipation Hall to commemorate the lives of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor.Photo by Senate DemocratsI have signed my name in support of this Senate resolution condemning white supremacy and we welcome support from Senate Republicans.— Sen. Tammy Baldwin (@SenatorBaldwin)Xby Melanie Conklin, February 4, 2021by Melanie Conklin, February 4, 2021After paying her respects to Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who was lying in state in the Capitol because he died after working to protect the Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot, Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin announced she has joined her Senate colleagues in introducing that is “Expressing the sense of the Senate on the imminent and pervasive threat of domestic terrorism, violent white supremacists, neo-Nazis, anti-government militias, and dangerous, fringe conspiracy theories to the democratic institutions and values of the United States.”She noted on Twitter that she welcomes bipartisan support.I have signed my name in support of this Senate resolution condemning white supremacy and we welcome support from Senate Republicans.— Sen. Tammy Baldwin (@SenatorBaldwin)Her resolution also calls on the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the rest of the intelligence community “to immediately review the threat posed by domestic terrorist groups…”It also specifies that items to be investigated include the leaders, recruitment tactics, use of social media, targeting, financing and any coordination with foreign military or other actors.&nbsp;Wisconsin’s other senator, Republican Ron Johnson made no mention on social media of having paid his respects to Sicknick, focusing instead on criticizing Hunter Biden and the rest of the Biden family and what he labeled censorship on YouTube.But former presidential advisor Dick Morris, the man Johnson said for office after hearing him recruit Republican candidates on FOX, labeled having Sicknick lie in honor a cynical ploy according to . The report stated he compared it to what “Nazis did with the 1933 Reichstag fire in Berlin, Germany, using it as a pretext to curb civil liberties and consolidate power.”There is no mention of the event on Johnson’s website either, although he does note of having joined in a show of&nbsp; bipartisanship with his vote to confirm President Joe Biden’s Secretary of State Antony Blinken, saying, ““Elections have consequences, and I believe any president should be able to staff their administration with people that agree and are compatible with them.&nbsp; Even though I may not agree with President Biden and his pick for Secretary of State on some past, present and future foreign policy issues, I voted to confirm Mr. Blinken.”is part of States Newsroom, a network of news bureaus supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity. Wisconsin Examiner maintains editorial independence. Contact Editor Ruth Conniff for questions: . Follow Wisconsin Examiner on and .Copy to clipboard1RepublishOur stories may be republished online or in print under Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. We ask that you edit only for style or to shorten, provide proper attribution and link to our web site. Please see our republishing guidelines for use of photos and graphics.

8:14BriefSen. Tammy Baldwin joins other Senate Democrats in a moment of silence for 8 minutes and 46 seconds Thursday morning, June 4, 2020 in Emancipation Hall to commemorate the lives of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor.Photo by Senate DemocratsI have signed my name in support of this Senate resolution condemning white supremacy and we welcome support from Senate Republicans.— Sen. Tammy Baldwin (@SenatorBaldwin)Xby Melanie Conklin, February 4, 2021by Melanie Conklin, February 4, 2021After paying her respects to Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who was lying in state...

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