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Ron Johnson: “My goal is to shrink the size of federal government so…”

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

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I Didn't Think I'd Ever Be Fighting This | Ron Johnson | POLITICS | Rubin Report

Published | Video Starts at 33:21

It's not big government. Big government crushes those dreams. Big government takes away that freedom. So my goal here isn't to bring home the bacon to Wisconsin. My goal is to shrink the size of federal government so Wisconsinites can aspire and dream and build and create. Let's do a couple of other big ones. This Ukraine situation, which we are, I think it's around $160 billion now. It's weapons. (33:21–33:28)

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Asserts his goal to reduce the size of the federal government to benefit Wisconsinites.

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