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Ron Johnson: “Obamacare is part of the problem. One of those things is…”

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

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Senator Johnson on C-SPAN's Washington Journal

Published | Video Starts at 16:49

Senator Ron Johnson, the majority leader, making the argument there that you're focusing on things like the Affordable Care act or attacking him instead of focusing on issues like immigration. Well, again, from my standpoint, I'm totally focused on the economy. I think Obamacare is part of the problem. One of those things is keeping our economy from being as robust as it should be. It's hard to even know where to start with Senator Harry Reid there who's really running, I hate to even say running the Senate. He's really destroying the Senate. (16:49–16:56)

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Asserts that Obamacare is hindering economic robustness.

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