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Ron Johnson: “Science has been corrupted, research has been corrupted.”

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U.S. Senator Ron Johnson on So Called Vaccines, Tariffs & Taxation

Published March 5, 2025 | Video Starts at 20:48

Are we overreacting? Possibly. Are there political agendas beyond our overacting? Possibly. I mean, I just don't know, that's the problem that we. That we now know we have is that Science has been corrupted, research has been corrupted. You know, people in powerful positions utilize their position to advantage, you know, powerful corporations who are pushing vaccines, that type of thing, to the detriment of the general public. (20:48–20:52)

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“We spent $4.4 trillion in total [in 2019].”
U.S. Senator Ron Johnson on So Called Vaccines, Tariffs & Taxation | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 04:59-05:03
“We spent 6.5 trillion the next year [after 2019].”
U.S. Senator Ron Johnson on So Called Vaccines, Tariffs & Taxation | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 05:02-05:09
“We've averaged 6.5 trillion over the last five years.”
U.S. Senator Ron Johnson on So Called Vaccines, Tariffs & Taxation | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 05:08-05:12
“This year about 7.3 [trillion].”
U.S. Senator Ron Johnson on So Called Vaccines, Tariffs & Taxation | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 05:08-05:12
“Last year we spent 6.9 [trillion].”
U.S. Senator Ron Johnson on So Called Vaccines, Tariffs & Taxation | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 05:11-05:13
“That number would be 6.5 trillion versus 7.3.”
U.S. Senator Ron Johnson on So Called Vaccines, Tariffs & Taxation | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 05:45-05:50
“What the House did, God bless them, love them. Grossly inadequate.”
U.S. Senator Ron Johnson on So Called Vaccines, Tariffs & Taxation | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 06:02-06:09
“Reset the baseline at 6,061,000,000,000.”
U.S. Senator Ron Johnson on So Called Vaccines, Tariffs & Taxation | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 06:47-06:52
“There's no way we should be even thinking about spending anywhere more than $6.5 trillion.”
U.S. Senator Ron Johnson on So Called Vaccines, Tariffs & Taxation | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 06:53-07:00
“The House passed a budget resolution to not go basically below 7.1.”
U.S. Senator Ron Johnson on So Called Vaccines, Tariffs & Taxation | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 07:01-07:06
“Government was Too big in 2019, it was too big. In 2014, it was too big. In 1998.”
U.S. Senator Ron Johnson on So Called Vaccines, Tariffs & Taxation | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 08:14-08:22
“In 1998, that dollar is now worth 51 cents. The $2014 now is 74 cents. The $2019 worth 80 cents.”
U.S. Senator Ron Johnson on So Called Vaccines, Tariffs & Taxation | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 09:24-09:34
“Costs about $400 billion a year to comply with [the current tax code].”
U.S. Senator Ron Johnson on So Called Vaccines, Tariffs & Taxation | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 09:51-09:55
“I've actually proposed a three step reconciliation process.”
U.S. Senator Ron Johnson on So Called Vaccines, Tariffs & Taxation | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 10:01-10:05
“President Trump has effectively used tariffs to get countries to do things they should do but won't do.”
U.S. Senator Ron Johnson on So Called Vaccines, Tariffs & Taxation | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 11:54-12:02
“He used tariffs brilliantly in his administration to get Mexico to cooperate with his remaining Mexico policy.”
U.S. Senator Ron Johnson on So Called Vaccines, Tariffs & Taxation | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 12:01-12:09
“In Wisconsin, we've got farmers who will be affected. We've got home builders, we've got manufacturers that compete globally.”
U.S. Senator Ron Johnson on So Called Vaccines, Tariffs & Taxation | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 12:12-12:19
“Hundreds of thousands of people died because of hospital protocols using remdesivir ventilators.”
U.S. Senator Ron Johnson on So Called Vaccines, Tariffs & Taxation | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 17:43-17:50
“The whole 6ft apart is total BS. Masks were total BS.”
U.S. Senator Ron Johnson on So Called Vaccines, Tariffs & Taxation | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 17:50-17:55
“We need documents first out of hhs. We need to find out what they knew, when they knew it.”
U.S. Senator Ron Johnson on So Called Vaccines, Tariffs & Taxation | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 18:48-18:53
“They were just 100% dedicated to vaccine. Vaccine. Vaccines. The only or not, not even vaccine, the injection, the COVID ejection was the…”
U.S. Senator Ron Johnson on So Called Vaccines, Tariffs & Taxation | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 18:56-19:08
“I learned about the concept of antibody dependent enhancements and, you know, examples of where they vaccinated flocks.”
U.S. Senator Ron Johnson on So Called Vaccines, Tariffs & Taxation | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 19:46-19:57
“The virus mutated and became even more deadly.”
U.S. Senator Ron Johnson on So Called Vaccines, Tariffs & Taxation | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 19:58-20:02
“We can't trust the medical establishment. We can't trust the federal health agencies.”
U.S. Senator Ron Johnson on So Called Vaccines, Tariffs & Taxation | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 21:07-21:12
“Radical transparency is the solution to [the problem with federal health agencies].”
U.S. Senator Ron Johnson on So Called Vaccines, Tariffs & Taxation | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 21:09-21:12
“I don't think we should allow a big pharma to advertise.”
U.S. Senator Ron Johnson on So Called Vaccines, Tariffs & Taxation | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 22:03-22:06
“The revolving door is a huge problem. We should be able to fix it.”
U.S. Senator Ron Johnson on So Called Vaccines, Tariffs & Taxation | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 22:16-22:21
“The American public has the truth and the information that is theirs. I mean, they own this.”
U.S. Senator Ron Johnson on So Called Vaccines, Tariffs & Taxation | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 23:03-23:10