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Ron Johnson: “All we're asking to eliminate an existential threat to…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Ron Johnson: Vaccine Victims Are the Reason I Won't Move On from Covid

Published | Video Starts at 11:09

And the rest of us at least have to sacrifice that amount. Look at the finest among us. They go out there and they sacrifice their lives in law enforcement, in the military. All we're asking to eliminate an existential threat to America is, okay, we have to pay higher gas prices. Now, I realize that hurts people. I got that. But that has to be explained to the American public. And like I say, I for one grateful that President Trump made this very tough decision. (11:09–11:15)

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Asserts that higher gas prices are a necessary sacrifice to address the threat from Iran.

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