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Ron Johnson: “In terms of deaths, in 2012, there were 11,000 individuals…”

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

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Sen. Johnson at HSGAC Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 02:17

In 2014, the number of attacks had grown to 16,800 worldwide. That's a 2.5 or 2.5 times the number of attacks just two years earlier. In terms of deaths, in 2012, there were 11,000 individuals killed in terrorist attacks. In 2014, there were 43,500. That's almost a fourfold increase in terrorist attacks. So the fact of the matter is the risk, the threat of Islamic terror, from my standpoint, it is real. It is growing. (02:17–02:28)

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Asserts that deaths from terrorist attacks increased from 11,000 in 2012 to 43,500 in 2014.

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