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Ron Johnson: “We don't have enough workers.”

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

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That's, that's my, to my mind, that's one of the biggest problems we have with a big problem, mass immigration to fill the gap. Yeah. Somebody's got to do the work. Right. We don't have enough workers. Now I come from a manufacturing background where for 20 or so years you couldn't find enough people to work in a manufacturing plant. Which is why I always kind of scratched my head. (21:44–21:46)

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Asserts that there is a shortage of workers in the U.S.

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