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Ron Johnson: “We also have to be concerned about completely unsecure…”

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

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Sen. Johnson on The Lead w/ Jake Tapper

Published | Video Starts at 03:12

I think it really is the inspiration that isis, that caliphate is going to provide to homegrown terrorists, is probably our number one threat. But We also have to be concerned about completely unsecure border, potentially Islamic terrorist operatives moving through Africa into South Central America and then coming up through our porous border. These threats are real. And what we have to do is we have to achieve what President Obama laid out as our goal 18 months ago. (03:12–03:23)

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Asserts concern over unsecure U.S. borders and potential terrorist movement through them.

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