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Ron Johnson: “Government funding of research would produce a scientific…”

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

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Senator Ron Johnson on the DarkHorse Podcast

Published | Video Starts at 41:46

But, but I, if he does get confirmed, I hope his primary focus would be on bringing integrity back to scientific research. Remember Eisenhower in his farewell address, military industrial complex? We haven't heeded that warning. But his second warning was Government funding of research would produce a scientific and technological elite to drive policy and corrupt research. And it has. So you get a fauci out there for four decades, billions of dollars of research funding. He got the result he wanted. (41:46–41:51)

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