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Ron Johnson: “They executed 32,000 Iranians in the last month or so.”

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

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Sen. Ron Johnson: Listening to Chuck Schumer is just galling | Wake Up America

Published | Video Starts at 04:04

Again, I think it's unquestionably good that the ayatollahs on our weakened, that Khamenei is no longer on this earth. He was an evil man. I mean, just think of it. They executed 32,000 Iranians in the last month or so. 32,000. During the French Revolution, they executed about 16 to 17,000 Frenchmen. They executed 2 to 5,000 people. During the Spanish Inquisition, Iran executed 32,000 of its citizens. (04:04–04:10)

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