Ron Johnson: “That's called the corruption of science.”

“You have the government pay. You have the government pay for science, for research. You're going to have a scientific and technological elite spring from that. They will drive public policy. That's called the corruption of science. You pay for science, you get the result you want, whether it's climate change, whether it's vaccines, whether it's a pharmaceutical drug, whether it's food products. I mean, that's what's happened.” (17:46–17:48)

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