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Ron Johnson: “This administration is playing politics with our Strategic…”

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

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Western Wisconsin Journal: Senate Candidate Ron Johnson

Published | Video Starts at 22:54

But the risk is so high, the governmental risk, the regulatory risk is so high that people are kind of backing off. Let's wait and see what happens. What's a real travesty is This administration is playing politics with our Strategic Petroleum Reserve. I mean, that is meant for a time of national emergency, and it's being used basically to buy Democrat votes. I mean, that's a scandal. (22:54–22:59)

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Asserts that the current administration is using the Strategic Petroleum Reserve for political purposes.

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