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Ron Johnson: “The Summer of love in 2020... killing about two or three…”

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

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Sen Ron Johnson blames left for political violence targeting Supreme Court

Published | Video Starts at 01:14

It's very, very unfortunate. But again, this isn't, there's not, you know, a moral equivalency here. The, the violence in our politics primarily comes from the left. Compare the, The Summer of love in 2020... killing about two or three dozen people, 2,000 law enforcement officials injured, a couple billion dollars of property damage. damage that came from the left. They think there's political juice in, in threats, Senator, you know, there's political power to be gained from, you know, encouraging violence against our Supreme Court justices. (01:14–01:29)

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Asserts that the 2020 protests resulted in deaths, injuries, and significant property damage.

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