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Ron Johnson

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Ron Harold Johnson is an American businessman and politician currently serving as the junior United States senator from Wisconsin, a position he has held since January 3, 2011. A member of the Republican Party, Johnson has focused on issues such as fiscal responsibility, healthcare reform, and government accountability during his tenure in the Senate. He has been an outspoken advocate for reducing the federal deficit and has often emphasized the need for economic growth through private sector initiatives.

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Jul 26, 2021

I would hope the next time he appears, and other administration officials appear before this Committee, they will afford the Committee the respect we deserve in terms of our oversight responsibilities.

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Jul 26, 2021

There were tens of thousands of people that day that engaged in peaceful protests. There were a few hundred that committed acts of violence, those people -- I condemn those people.

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Jul 26, 2021

I think some of those protectors tried to protest and tried to protect that police officer. I think that ought to be noted.

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Jul 14, 2021

If you are denying the problem we have no chance of fixing it whatsoever. This is a crisis that is not being addressed.

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Jul 14, 2021

We are letting in people that are potentially gang members.

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Jul 14, 2021

6,000 people a day, no notice to appear, dispersed to all point in America, which we do not even know where they are going.

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Jul 14, 2021

It is July 15th and we do not even know what the June apprehension numbers are from DHS.

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Jul 14, 2021

70 percent of those unaccompanied children are 15, 16, or 17 years old.

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Jun 30, 2021

On January 6, I never felt threatened, because I didn`t. I knew those were people that love this country, that truly respect law enforcement, would never do anything to break a law.

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Jun 29, 2021

Just because the vaccine is generally safe, doesn`t mean that it`s 100 percent safe.

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Jun 28, 2021

Just because the vaccine is generally safe, doesn’t mean that it’s 100 percent safe.

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Jun 27, 2021

No reason for critical race theory to be taught in any school system in America. I don`t want to make this speech about me, but I just want to talk about what`s happening to our culture. Take back our school boards, our county boards, our…

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Jun 27, 2021

I`m more panicked than ever about the state of the country and the Republicans should take back our school boards, our county boards, our city councils. We will take back our culture.

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Jun 21, 2021

To me this seems like a naked power grab.

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Jun 21, 2021

There’s certainly poverty here, but this district is not made of many disadvantaged individuals. This is an elite group of people here. They have a vested interest in the power of the federal government.

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Jun 21, 2021

Do you know how many people were arrested for the summer riots?

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Jun 20, 2021

It really is unconscionable, the things that he's been doing.

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Jun 20, 2021

It's terrible. And when you look at - look at vaccines, look at that he's a United States Senator.

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Jun 20, 2021

He's more worried about how he looks to his base here, in Wisconsin, than how - than telling the truth--

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Jun 20, 2021

I believe in term limits. I'm not going to run more than two times.

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Jun 20, 2021

By the way, they always talk about thousands of armed insurrectionists. I asked the FBI witness, not one, not one gun was recovered either in the Capitol or on the Capitol grounds, according that FBI witness. So that is just one of the…

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Jun 20, 2021

I support celebrating the emancipation of the slaves. I just didn’t really understand why the only way to do that is to give two million federal health care workers, cost $600 million a year, a day off.

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Jun 16, 2021

The president has to take these people seriously. They have to be held accountable because they are not going to stop until they take over the country or die trying.

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