GOP Senator Ron Johnson had a 'Fox News conspiracy' meltdown on 'Meet the Press' and changed his story on Ukraine

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• On Friday, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that Senator Ron Johnson told reporters at an event in his home state of Wisconsin that President Donald Trump blocked him from telling the Ukrainian president that US aid was on its way, fueling the quid pro quo argument at the heart of the impeachment inquiry.
• But on Sunday, as few Republicans appeared on morning shows to defend Trump, Johnson had a fiery debate with NBC's "Meet the Press" host Chuck Todd.
• Not only did Johnson defend Trump, but he seemingly reversed his stance from what he told his constituent, saying that members of the FBI and the CIA are conspiring to bring down the president. 
• When pressed by Todd, Johnson said he "winced" when he learned of Trump's interactions with Ukraine because he felt that the connection between withholding US aid and appealing for an investigation into the 2016 election could create wrongful suspicion of the president.
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The Sunday morning slate didn't have very many defenders of President Donald Trump.

There were no appearances by any members of the Trump administration on the Sunday morning political shows, but a few GOP members did make it on the air, including Senator Ron Johnson from Wisconsin. In a fiery back-and-forth with NBC's "Meet the Press" host Chuck Todd, Johnson reversed the stance he held at a constituent event in his home state on Friday. 

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