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Ron Johnson: “Ask him why he wants to bankrupt Social Security.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 11:04

We're going to have Schumer on later. If he's watching. He's probably doing backflips at this point. Not backflips, but he'll have some. He may have a different. Ask him why he wants to bankrupt Social Security. Why does he want to do that? Andrew, will you do that? I'll ask it. Exactly why are you for bankrupting Social Security? Well, you know what? Keep that on tape. (11:04–11:07)

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Implies that certain policies or actions are leading to the bankruptcy of Social Security.

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