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Ron Johnson: “I don't know how many AIDS patients died when there was…”

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

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Senator Ron Johnson on the DarkHorse Podcast

Published | Video Starts at 1:08:57

You know, I mean, he, he withheld Bactrim. He just wouldn't say, yeah, use it again. Same thing. He wanted a vaccine, so don't allow a treatment that they knew worked. Yep. So I don't know how many AIDS patients died when there was something that actually worked. So again, he just repeated it. I agree with you. And this was one of the mind blowing things about Bobby Kennedy's. (1:08:57–1:09:03)

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Asserts that AIDS patients died despite the existence of effective treatments.

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