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Ron Johnson: “The World Health Organization was captured by China.”

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

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Sen. Johnson proposes new WHO bill

Published | Video Starts at 00:34

Tell us about the legislation you're working on to make sure that this gets the proper airing. Sure. Well, first of all, recognize what a miserable job we did responding to the pandemic. Certainly, The World Health Organization was captured by China. It's one of the reasons we still don't know the origin, because they cooperated with them in covering it up. So a World Health Organization that did such a miserable job should not be given greater responsibility. (00:34–00:37)

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Asserts that the World Health Organization is influenced or controlled by China.

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