Lawyer Sophia Nelson, who beforehand served because the GOP counsel for the Home Authorities Reform and Oversight Committee, lit into Senator Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican, on Sunday after he confirmed that he'll run for re-election regardless of beforehand promising to serve solely two phrases.

Johnson was first elected in 2010 and was re-elected for a second time period in 2016. Though he'll end his present time period in January 2023, he wrote in a Sunday opinion piece for The Wall Road Journal that he'll run once more within the 2022 midterms and disrespect his earlier promise. He blamed Democrats for this choice.

"Ron Johnson isn't somebody you'll be able to take severely as a United States senator," Nelson stated throughout a phase of MSNBC's The Sunday Present, responding to the information.

"He's a hack of the very best order. He has, , been somebody who has simply engaged in probably the most nefarious kind of dialog, gas-lighting obstruction, from Russia all the way in which to January sixth. So I anticipate nothing much less from him. I'm not shocked," stated the previous GOP lawyer, who additionally served as authorized counsel to New Jersey's former Republican Governor Christine Todd Whitman.

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Former GOP counsel Sophia Nelson described Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin) as a "hack" throughout a MSNBC phase on Sunday after he introduced he would search a 3rd Senate time period. Above, Johnson speaks throughout a Senate International Relations Committee listening to on the U.S. Capitol on December 7, 2021 in Washington, D.C.Alex Brandon-Pool/Getty Photos

Final Might, Johnson drew substantial backlash from Democrats and a few Republicans for claiming that the pro-Trump U.S. Capitol assault was largely a "peaceable" demonstration.

"By and huge, it was peaceable protest, apart from there have been plenty of individuals, mainly agitators, that whipped the gang and breached the Capitol. That is actually the reality of what is taking place right here," Johnson instructed Fox Information in an interview.

In his Wall Road Journal opinion article asserting his intentions, Johnson criticized Democrats and stated their governance had motivated him to run for a 3rd time period. The Republican senator argued that "America is in peril."

"A lot as I might wish to ease right into a quiet retirement, I do not really feel I ought to," the Wisconsin lawmaker wrote. "Numerous individuals have inspired me to run, saying they depend on me to be their voice, to talk plain and apparent truths different elected leaders shirk from expressing—truths the elite in authorities, mainstream media and Massive Tech don't need you to listen to."

Johnson continues to be staunchly supportive of former President Donald Trump. He additionally seems well-positioned to win a 3rd time period, though President Joe Biden did narrowly defeat Trump in Wisconsin within the 2020 election.

In 2016, Johnson stored his seat by profitable 50.2 % of the vote in opposition to his Democratic challenger's 46.8 %. Throughout his first election in 2010, the Republican lawmaker received over 51.9 % of Wisconsin's voters and his Democratic opponent garnered 47 %.

Biden narrowly beat Trump within the Midwestern state within the 2020 presidential election. The president received in opposition to the previous president there by just below 21,000 votes. Biden obtained 49.45 % of the state's votes as his incumbent opponent garnered simply 48.82 %.

Newsweek reached out to Johnson's spokesperson for remark.