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Ron Johnson: “Now you've got on the other side, tens of millions of people…”

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

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Sen. Ron Johnson on Squawk Box: We need to target relief

Published | Video Starts at 06:20

It's an unsustainable state of affairs where you have such a large majority of the American population, first for the last four years, not agreeing that the 2016 result was legitimate. Now you've got on the other side, tens of millions of people not believing this election result was legitimate. Our politics are poisonous today. It's just an unstainable state of affairs. Hey, Senator, Senator Halley has said that he is going to object to the certification of the Electoral College votes next week, at least in some states. (06:20–06:27)

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Asserts that tens of millions of people do not believe the 2020 election results are legitimate.

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