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Ron Johnson: “It sounds like they never even pulled the surveillance tapes…”

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

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Sen. Johnson on America's Newsroom

Published | Video Starts at 04:36

Now, the gun owner responsibly did not sell it to him. Contacted local officials, had the FBI come in. It sounds like they never even pulled the surveillance tapes on that. So, listen, I realized this Monday morning quarterbacking, that's my job. We're going to do, you know, gather the facts. We're going to find out what we could have done that might have actually prevented that particular terrorist attack. (04:36–04:40)

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Asserts that surveillance tapes were not reviewed in a specific gun purchase incident related to Mateen.

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