‘Another Political Partisan’: Sen. Johnson Announces Opposition to US Attorney Pick

Johnson grounds his opposition on since-deleted tweets made by the nominee about Johnson.

Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) speaks at the start of a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing on the government's response to the CCP virus outbreak in Washington, on March 5, 2020. Samuel Corum/Getty Images

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.