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Ron Johnson: “There are 7.6 million Syrians displaced in Syria. 4 million…”

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

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Sen. Johnson on Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace

Published | Video Starts at 07:11

So that's a very real threat. And, Chris, I have to point out, as Europe accepts hundreds of thousands of refugees, that creates an incentive for even more. There are 7.6 million Syrians displaced in Syria. 4 million refugees outside of Syria. That's half the population of Syria. So we can talk about accepting refugees, but we're ignoring the root cause of problem, which is the disaster, the tragedy that has been unfolding now in Syria for four years that the west has basically ignored. (07:11–07:18)

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