Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_
BREAKING: Heated exchange between Sen. @SenRonJohnson
& Minnesota AG @keithellison
just now after Sen. Johnson pressed Ellison about anti-ICE agitators using Signal chats to coordinate:
Ellison: "I'm aware it exists, but this is First Amendment activity".
Johnson: "You encouraged trained activists to put themselves in harms way to impede law enforcement...does that concern you?"
Ellison: "That never happened. We at all times said if you want to protest, protest peacefully, protest safely."
Johnson: "A tragedy was going to happen and you encouraged it, and you ought to feel damn guilty about it."
(Ellison smirks)
Johnson: "Yeah, sit there and smirk. Sick. It's despicable!"
Ellison: "What are you asking me for? Comment, Senator? Because everything you said was untrue. It was a nice theatrical performance, but it was all lies."
9:05 AM · Feb 12, 2026