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Ron Johnson: “Our federal government has grown so massive and it's…”

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

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Sen. Ron Johnson: We need disruption in Washington, D.C.

Published | Video Starts at 02:20

… I knew of him, I used to compare him to the, the political equivalent of a disruptive technology. We need disruption in Washington, D.C. it is so ossified. It is. Our federal government has grown so massive and it's mortgage our children's future, it's taking away our freedoms, it's crushing the private sector. President Trump fully understands that. And the people he's appointing to these agencies are there to disrupt Those agencies to, to skinny them down, to make them more streamlined, to … (02:20–02:29)

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Asserts that the federal government is excessively large and negatively impacts future generations, freedoms, and the private sector.

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