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Ron Johnson: “People died that didn't have to die.”

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 10:15

I mean, the economic devastation of the pandemic and how we mishandled it. I mean, I don't know if they ever really fully dig ourselves out of it. And then the human toll, too. I mean, People died that didn't have to die. You mentioned following some of your clips. You had a clip about two months ago now on Meet the Press with Chuck Todd, where he was going after you, and you really threw it back to him. (10:15–10:18)

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Claims that some deaths during the pandemic were preventable.

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