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Ron Johnson: “Instead of issuing a health alert on the myocarditis they…”

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

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Sen. Johnson questions RFK Jr. in confirmation hearing.

Published | Video Starts at 03:13

I've virtually gotten squat out of them. Okay, what I get is we get, for example, 50 pages of Anthony Fauci's emails, redacted, by the way. The latest one was 17 pages. Instead of issuing a health alert on the myocarditis they knew was impacting young men, early in 2021, instead of issuing an alert on the Health Alert network, they developed 17 pages of talking points. This was given to the public under a FOIA Request they had to go to court. They've got a new way of redacting. They don't black things out. (03:13–03:31)

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Asserts that federal health agencies developed talking points instead of issuing a health alert on myocarditis affecting young men in early 2021.

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