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Ron Johnson: “Had President Obama been decisive, made the action and taken…”

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

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Senator Johnson on The Daily Rundown - MSNBC

Published | Video Starts at 04:01

Do you worry that there is a risk in delaying action for too long? And does that not put pressure on you and your colleagues to come to some sort of resolution very quickly? Had President Obama been decisive, made the action and taken the action early on, were we still the element of surprise then? I think there would have been a timing element at this point because of all the leaks, because he's dithered, I don't see where a couple more weeks is going to be harmful. (04:01–04:09)

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Asserts that early decisive action by President Obama would have maintained the element of surprise.

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