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Latest Fact-Checks On Ron Johnson

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Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on April 24, 2023 in Public statement:
Says Social Security is a “legal Ponzi scheme.”
Mostly False
By Vanessa Swales • May 5, 2023
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on July 14, 2022 in Blog post:
“We finally achieved that energy independence… under the Trump administration. President Biden squandered (it) away.”
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By Lawrence Andrea • November 1, 2022
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on August 23, 2022 in Twitter:
"Democrats' radical green energy policies caused record gas prices. "
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By D.L. Davis • September 16, 2022
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on May 11, 2022 in News release:
In the immediate wake of a fire and vandalism at the Madison headquarters of an anti-abortion group, Democrats had not condemned “activists who are engaging in this repugnant illegal activity.”
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By D.L. Davis • May 31, 2022
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on March 18, 2022 in Twitter:
Gas prices are high “due to the Democrats’ war on fossil fuels.”
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By Laura Schulte • March 29, 2022
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on February 4, 2022 in News release:
Federal border officials are allowing undocumented immigrants who are “known criminals who possess an arrest warrant to fly on U.S. aircraft (which) threatens our homeland security.”
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By Laura Schulte • March 4, 2022
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on April 8, 2021 in Twitter:
With federal stimulus money for schools, “no distinctions are being made between Wisconsin schools that remain closed to in-person learning, and those that have been re-opened for months.”
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By Laura Schulte • May 5, 2021
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on March 20, 2021 in a speech:
“There was no violence on the Senate side, in terms of the chamber.”
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By Eric Litke • March 23, 2021
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on February 12, 2021 in Twitter:
“Biden’s plan will immediately let in 25,000 asylum-seekers who’d been waiting in Mexico as their cases were judged.”
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By D.L. Davis • March 1, 2021
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on October 21, 2020 in a presentation:
"Generally the deaths are still pretty flat because we've flattened the curve.”
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By Haley BeMiller • October 23, 2020
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on July 15, 2019 in a tweet:
"Republican policies have led to business investment growth that’s 10 times faster than what we saw under President Obama."
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By Mica Soellner • October 9, 2019
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on July 21, 2019 in CNN State of the Union interview:
"There's a survey done in Guatemala. A third of Guatemalans intend to migrate to the United States. That's about 5.8 million people."
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By Miriam Valverde • July 26, 2019
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on April 3, 2018 in a radio interview:
"We have laws on the books where people can walk right up to our ports of entry, say ‘I have a credible fear of persecution,’ and we bring them in. We don’t send them back."
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By D.L. Davis • April 27, 2018
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on September 25, 2017 in an interview:
"California, New York and Massachusetts, they represent about 20 percent of the population, they get close to 36 percent of Obamacare funding. It's just simply inequitable."  
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By Tom Kertscher • September 29, 2017
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on October 10, 2016 in a radio ad:
Says Russ Feingold "voted to raise taxes on Social Security benefits for seniors, he even tried to give Social Security benefits to illegal immigrants."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • November 3, 2016
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on October 6, 2016 in a campaign ad:
Says Russ Feingold "got paid $8,000 a lecture at Stanford University."
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By Alison Dirr • November 2, 2016
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on October 25, 2016 in a radio ad:
Says it’s not possible for some Wisconsin residents to watch Packers games, "they’re forced to watch Viking games," so he "got a law passed to fix" the problem.
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By Tom Kertscher • October 28, 2016
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on August 9, 2016 in a TV ad:
"During his 18-year Senate career, (Russ Feingold) supported judges who voted to deny your individual Second Amendment right. … (He) promises to protect those rights, but that's not what his record shows."  
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By Jonathan Anderson • October 19, 2016
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on June 13, 2016 in an interview:
"Assault rifles already are banned."
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By Tom Kertscher • June 20, 2016
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on May 19, 2015 in an interview:
Says Democratic challenger Russ Feingold "was the deciding vote on Obamacare."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • May 27, 2015
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