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Ron Johnson: “We do not want an economically strong Iran, as well as a…”

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

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Senator Johnson on Fox News Sunday

Published | Video Starts at 07:00

Well, then we're going to have to. What we should do is we should institute some severe sanctions. And that's what, of course, President Obama did, is he relaxed those sanctions. We do not want an economically strong Iran, as well as a strong state sponsor of terrorism around the world. Look at, look at their influence expand in the region. This is getting very dangerous. President Obama's denying that reality. (07:00–07:07)

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Asserts that Iran is a state sponsor of terrorism and should not be economically strong.

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