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Ron Johnson: “They had 17 hours of debate, they lost the debate.”

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

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Senator Johnson on Neil Cavuto -- 2/22/11

Published | Video Starts at 03:56

So if they leave the state rather than, they argue, rather than take up an onerous provision, they hope to see die on the vine. Well, I believe, you know, we already had in the state, They had 17 hours of debate, they lost the debate. And so then they hightail it out of town. Man, oh, man. Senator, thank you very, very much. Good seeing you. Thanks for having me on. (03:56–04:00)

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Asserts that there were 17 hours of debate before the Democrats left the state.

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