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Ron Johnson: “The cost of supporting [Israel] is pretty de minimis in…”

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

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Understand again, they are a strong ally in the Middle East. We're hoping to eventually that they can use that strength to provide stability in the Middle east. And when comes The cost of supporting [Israel] is pretty de minimis in terms of our federal budget and federal spending. Do you apply that same logic to the funding for Ukraine? Ukraine's complete separate situation? I initially supported the first tranche of spending because I want to send a pretty big signal to Putin that don't continue this. (04:52–04:59)

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Asserts that the financial cost of supporting Israel is minimal for the U.S. budget.

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