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Ron Johnson: “As long as ISIS isn't losing, they're winning.”

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

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Senator Johnson at the Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Operations

Published | Video Starts at 10:48

And there are those from Europe and we already know from ISIS members from the United States that have gone and joined. If that doesn't get resolved, all we're doing is hitting the same beat on. And again, my sense that As long as ISIS isn't losing, they're winning. As long as they're perceived as winning, they are going to be able to recruit through the social media and people are going to continue to stream to that caliphate that has now been established, that territory that has been won. (10:48–10:53)

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Asserts that ISIS is perceived as winning if they are not losing ground.

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