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Ron Johnson: “They have the media in their back pocket.”

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Senator Ron Johnson on Biden's Dementia, the Border and the Race in Wisconsin

Published May 20, 2024 | Video Starts at 10:24

Well, I'm just wondering, you know, what do you have to know to be able to beat this machine they have in the state of Wisconsin? Again, They have the media in their back pocket. Okay. But I remember Senator Toomey always used to describe Pennsylvania as Philadelphia and Pittsburgh with Alabama in between. And you know, I think a lot of states are like that. (10:24–10:26)

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