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Ron Johnson: “Sanctions I don't believe are ever going to work because…”

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

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Senator Johnson on C-SPAN's Washington Journal

Published | Video Starts at 02:50

What do you say though to those that were polled by USA Today that said sanction Russia but don't arm Ukraine? That that is what they found out in this poll. I disag Sanctions I don't believe are ever going to work because we'll never have a unified regime of sanctions. that are going to have enough teeth where it doesn't hurt Western interests as bad. And so we'll never have the types of sanctions you need sanctions in types of countries that can't bite back. (02:50–02:56)

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Asserts that a unified regime of sanctions against Russia is unlikely.

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