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On the recordDecember 12, 2022
I will go on the record, when we are incarcerating somebody because they have committed a crime, we have taken away their right of moving freely around society, I would say they have no right to determine, if you are a biological male, to be housed with biological females.
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Ron Johnson
Republican · Wisconsin

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Johnson argues that incarcerated individuals should not dictate housing arrangements based on gender.

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