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Ron Johnson: “We should have already been supplying Ukrainians with the…”

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

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Fourth and State: Sen. Ron Johnson on foreign policy

Published | Video Starts at 09:24

They were getting control of the situation, they were securing the border. Vladimir Putin wouldn't allow him to do that. So that's when he rolled his tanks and his Russian military. And We should have already been supplying Ukrainians with the anti-tank weaponry. to change Vladimir Putin's calculus. I can't say for sure he wouldn't have rolled his tanks in, but he would have had to realize it would have been a far bloodier proposition for him to do so. (09:24–09:32)

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Asserts that the U.S. should have previously provided Ukraine with anti-tank weapons.

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