Ron Johnson: “Democrats, they've shown us their hand. They've purged the…”

“I think that was the first Republican senator that came out publicly. When President Trump called us into the White House and asked that we do that, I said I agree with him, reluctantly. It's unfortunate. Democrats, they've shown us their hand. They've purged the two members of their party that stopped them from ending this filibuster the last time they had power. They regain control, they will end the filibuster, they'll turn D.C. and Puerto Rico into states. There's four more Democrat senators.” (04:59–05:07)

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