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Ron Johnson: “Our freedoms are shrinking. Our freedoms are shrinking.”

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

Senator Johnson on MSNBC

Published March 27, 2012 | Video Starts at 05:49

No, no, no, no, we can't. Senator, in the last 70 years, we have given up. Have Americans been free? In the last 70 years, do Americans be. Have Americans been free? Our freedoms are shrinking. Our freedoms are shrinking. That's hold back. Let me read this. Really the key. Let me read this really quickly. (05:49–05:51)

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Asserts that American freedoms are diminishing.

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