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Ron Johnson: “The credibility of the government is really coming under…”

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

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Senator Johnson Discusses Immigration Reform on Bloomberg's In the Loop

Published | Video Starts at 01:32

And you have said before, right, that you won't let any reform go unless border security. And I think the concern is can we really trust the government? Let's face it, The credibility of the government is really coming under question, particularly in the last few months with all these revelations of the IRS scandal, Benghazi, you know, the NSA. all those types of things. So people are really, you know, we've kind of seen this, this rodeo before where we promised border security never happened. (01:32–01:41)

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Asserts that recent scandals have damaged the credibility of the U.S. government.

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