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Ron Johnson: “I thought a couple dozen, maybe three dozen [businesses were…”

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

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Kenosha County Sheriff on Kenosha's Recovery after the Riots

Published | Video Starts at 05:49

I like numbers. So in the end, how many businesses were burned? I mean, this one. Oh, my God. Completely, completely destroyed. I've never. When I drove through right afterwards, I thought a couple dozen, maybe three dozen [businesses were burned]. And then how many people were arrested, charged? How many people been convicted? Do you have any? Oh, I don't know that. I think it was about 30 businesses that were looted and burned. (05:49–05:52)

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Asserts that he estimated two to three dozen businesses were burned in Kenosha.

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