MATT: YEAH, CRITICISM ALSO FOR QUESTIONING WHAT HE CALLED THE BIG PUSH BY THE GOVERNMENT TO VACCINATE AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE. THE SENATOR TONIGHT PROMISING TO FIGHT ANY ATTEMPT TO REQUIRE VACCINES. DURING A TELEPHONE TOWNHOME MONDAY WITH SUPPORTERS -- >> THANK YOU FOR ACTUALLY BEING OUR ONLY GOOD SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF WISCONSIN. MATT: AND CRITICS. >> EVERYTHING YOU’VE SAID'S BEEN A LIE. MATT: SENATOR RON JOHNSON QUESTIONED THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MASKS DESPITE PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS, SCIENTISTS AND THE CDC SAYING THEY’VE REDUCED SPREAD OF COVID-19 NATIONWIDE. >> NOW I THINK AS MORE EVIDENCE COMES IN, IT’S BECOMING HARDER AND HARDER TO SUPPORT THAT MASKS ACTUALLY WORK. IF THEY WOULD HAVE WORKED, WE PROBABLY WOULDN’T HAVE HAD AS MANY INFECTIONS, AS MANY DEATHS AS WE DID. BUT BE THAT AS IT MAY, I WAS JUST ON A FLIGHT AND I WORE A MASK AN ENTIRE TIME, OK? SO I AM NOT OPPOSED TO MASKS. I JUST THINK WE SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. MATT: THE COMMENTS COME AS JOHNSON FACES CRITICISM FROM THOSE LIKE DR. ANTHONY FAUCI AFTER RECENTLY QUESTIONING THE GOVERNMENT’S WIDESPREAD VACCINATION PUSH. >> IT DOESN’T MAKE ANY SENSE. THE MORE PEOPLE YOU GET VACCINATED THE MORE PEOPLE YOU PROTECT. MATT: JOHNSON MONDAY, WHILE ACKNOWLEDGING THE VACCINE’S EFFECTIVENESS, PUSHED BACK ON ANY EFFORT TO REQUIRE OR PROVE VACCINATION. >> I DON’T DOWNPLAY THIS. I KNOW PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUFFERED SERIOUSLY FROM COVID. I’M NOT DOWNPLAYING THIS AT ALL. BUT AT THE SAME TIME I THINK WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE AND THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO ASSESS THE RISK ON THEIR OWN. MATT: ALL THIS AS QUESTIONS OVER JOHNSON’S RE-ELECTION INTENSIFY NATIONALLY. >> HE KNOWS WHERE HIS BASE OF SUPPORT IS, AND IT’S A STRONG SUPPORT, AND HE NEEDS TO KEEP THAT BASE CLOSE TO HIM. JOYCE: YOU TALKED ABOUT THE 2022 ELECTION. SENATOR JOHNSON HASN’T SAID YET WHETHER HE’LL SEEK RE-ELECTION NEXT YEAR. MATT: HE WAS ASKED THAT TODAY BY ONE OF THE VOTERS. DEMOCRATS MEANTIME NATIONWIDE ARE ACTING AS IF YOU WILL RUN FOR REELECTION, LOOKING TO TA