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Ron Johnson: “You could have kept him on that terror watch list. So we…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 04:11

Well, he could open up a long term investigation and keep their sights on him. I realize resources are limited, but You could have kept him on that terror watch list. So we went to buy that gun. It would have been pinged. We. The other thing they could have done, I think, again, I don't have the facts on this yet, but there was, you know, apparently Mateen went into this Lotus … (04:11–04:16)

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Asserts that keeping individuals on terror watch lists could prevent them from purchasing guns.

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