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Wisconsin Sen. Johnson: Obamacare will lead to ‘rationing’ and ‘lower-quality care’
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) said on Monday that the Affordable Care Act — popularly known as “Obamacare” — will degrade health care services through “rationing.” I think it’s gonna explode the deficit,” Johnson said on MSNBC’s Morning Joe. “It’s gonna lead to rationing. It will lead to rationing, lower-quality care.”…
Tea party senator gets an earful from Hillary over Benghazi criticism
Outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave a tea party senator an earful during Wednesday’s hearing on the attack on the U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya that left a U.S. ambassador dead. In the heated exchange with Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), during which he claimed that U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice…
Bob Shrum schools Ron Johnson: ‘Fantasyland’ to credit Reagan for Clinton economy
Tea party-backed Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) says that former Republican President Ronald Reagan is responsible for the country’s economic success under former Democratic President Bill Clinton and the American people “don’t really understand” economic growth. Johnson told CNN host Soledad O’Brien on Tuesday that it would not be necessary to…
Tammy Baldwin confident she can evaluate federal budget without GOP help
Wisconsin’s senator-elect Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D, is quite confident that she does not need fellow Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., to explain the federal budget to her, reported the Huffington Post, after Johnson made comments about working with Baldwin that some on the left quickly dubbed offensive “mansplaining.” “I was a…
Sen. Ron Johnson: Abortion ‘not even an issue’ in Wisconsin
Republican Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson says that voters in his state are going to vote for GOP hopeful Mitt Romney because they are not “at all” concerned about preserving reproductive rights for women. On Sunday, Fox News host Chris Wallace asked Johnson why women should vote for Romney after he…
Sen. Ron Johnson: 100-round rifle magazine is a ‘basic freedom’
Tea party-backed Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) says that the right to own high-capacity ammunitions magazines like the 100-round drum that was used to kill at least a dozen people in Colorado last week is a “basic freedom” that is protected by the U.S. Constitution. Fox News host Chris Wallace on…
Romney surrogate claims green energy investments making the U.S. into the Soviet Union
A top surrogate for presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney on Tuesday said the United States was turning into the Soviet Union because the government had backed green energy technologies. During an interview on CNN, host Soledad O’Brien told Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) that various fact-checking organizations had debunked Romney’s…
Sen. Ron Johnson: ‘Good workers’ don’t make minimum wage
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) on Sunday defended voting against raising the minimum wage by suggesting that only bad workers earned minimum wage. “Bottom line: when you’re a good worker you don’t stay at minimum wage for long,” he said. “Trust me on that. It’s not universal, but trust me as…
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