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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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Apr 23, 2021

I knew those are people that love this country, that truly respect law enforcement, would never do anything to break the law. And so, I wasn`t concerned.

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Apr 23, 2021

This administration wants complete open borders and you have to ask yourself, why. Is it really they want to remake the demographics of America to ensure there -- that they stay in power forever? Is that what`s happening here?

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Apr 22, 2021

From my standpoint, because it's not a fully approved vaccine. I think we probably should have limited the distribution to it to the vulnerable, to people that really aren't, you know, to the very young. I see no reason to be pushing…

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Apr 22, 2021

I see no reason to be pushing vaccines on people.

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Apr 22, 2021

The science tells us the vaccines are 95 percent effective. So, if you have a vaccine, quite honestly, what do you care if your neighbor has one or not? What is it to you? You have got a vaccine, and science is telling you it`s very, very…

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Apr 21, 2021

The science tells us that vaccines are 95 percent effective. So, if you have a vaccine, quite honestly, what do you care if your neighbor has one or not? Why is this big push to make sure everybody gets the vaccine? And it -- to the point…

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Apr 18, 2021

This administration wants complete open borders. You have to ask yourself why. Is it really they want to remake the demographics of America to ensure that they stay in power forever? Is that what`s happening here?

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Apr 16, 2021

This administration wants complete open borders, and you have to ask yourself, why. Is it really they want to remake the demographics of America to ensure there -- that they stay in power forever? Is that what`s happening here?

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Apr 13, 2021

I do not think it makes sense to do 100 percent buy America.

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Apr 13, 2021

I think we need to actually take a look at the numbers.

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Apr 13, 2021

We are going to have to overcome that if we want to bring--again, make sure that I have the supply chain right.

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Apr 13, 2021

Obviously, during COVID, we had a breakdown of government. It started with not replenishing our national stockpile after 2009.

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Apr 13, 2021

I would much rather rely on the private sector providing that information than government agencies, which are rather opaque.

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Apr 13, 2021

Unfortunately, in medicine, with CMS, with Medicare, with Medicaid, with so much government intervention in that marketplace, the Medicaid formularies--which I have tried to understand, and they are impossible to understand--that is the…

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Apr 13, 2021

I think we have to factor in the human toll, the cost, the economic devastation of these shutdowns, and really ask ourselves what was worse.

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Apr 13, 2021

I think we have to also understand the human toll of these shutdowns.

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Apr 13, 2021

I think the balance is how do you get the percent should we manufacture here in America.

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Apr 13, 2021

If people could make money off these drugs, we would not have a supply shortage.

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Apr 13, 2021

I really do believe government's intervention in the marketplace...distorts the marketplace.

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Mar 31, 2021

This is a deeply troubling assault on free speech and the FCC's status as an independent agency.

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Mar 31, 2021

The repeated calls by elected officials for the FCC to deny a transaction based on the political viewpoints that those politicians ascribe to the purchaser crosses a line.

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Mar 31, 2021

This crosses a clear line drawn by the First Amendment and would turn the FCC into an arm of the DNC.

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Mar 26, 2021

President Biden ignored the advice of professionals blew up all these reforms. And now we`ve got this crisis.

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Mar 26, 2021

I`m also criticized because I`ve made the comment that on January 6th I never felt threatened, because I didn`t. I knew those are people that love this country, that truly respect law enforcement.

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Mar 24, 2021

Income ought to be taxed as income. Income is income.

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