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Sen. Ron Johnson: Minnesota Somali Fraud Is "Tip of the Iceberg" — Census Power Grab

Published January 6, 2026 | Video Starts at 09:03

My concern about only focusing on what's happening in Minnesota and I'm happy to do that, we have to use that as a springboard to investigate all the fraud. I'm older than you guys. I lived through the development of the big state, The war on poverty... has utterly failed. But what it did do is grew government. Back then when I grew up, my dad worked, my mom stayed at home. We weren't very wealthy but we had a great life. (09:03–09:10)

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