GOP Ron Johnson brags about sabotaging border security deal. He told Fox News that he was able to 'delay' border securit
GOP Ron Johnson brags about sabotaging border security deal. He told Fox News that he was able to 'delay' border security deal between Democrats and Republicans and the he was "pretty well leading the efforts to slow this process down."
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Republican Brags About Sabotaging Border Security Deal
Dec 22, 2023 at 4:23 AM EST By Giulia Carbonaro
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Talking on Fox News's The Ingraham Angle on Thursday about a border security deal reportedly in the works between Senate Democrats and Republicans, Johnson, who's part of the Homeland Security Committee, said he's been "pretty well leading the efforts to slow this process down."
A bipartisan border security and immigration deal, which would unlock the stalled aid package for Ukraine blocked by House Republicans, has reportedly been the object of talks between the White House and key senators. In a joint statement issued by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell before the Senate went into recess for the holidays, the two said that negotiations "continue to make headway."
But Johnson has been undermining the importance of such a bipartisan deal, saying that it's impossible to engage in honest talks with Democrats about the topic.
"I've got 14 of my colleagues to sign a letter to Republican leadership to hold a conference meeting when we return on January 8," the Wisconsin senator told host Laura Ingraham. "That was really designed to make sure that they won't jam us this week to take a vote on a bill that nobody has seen," he added. "I think we were largely successful."
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"The problem we have is that we're negotiating with an administration and Democrats in the Senate who want an open border," he concluded. Johnson took credit for the Senate going into recess without voting on any border security measures.
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towards the end of the summer because he was running slightly behind the Democrat.
and it was and continues to be true that Johnson practically lives in Florida. He has a house there and seldom visits WI.
But, in the end, the people of WI voted the slime-ball back into office. 
GOP Sen. Ron Johnson is reelected, defeating Democrat Mandela Barnes in Wisconsin
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/09/1133373252/senate-johnson-mandela-barnes-wisconsin-results
November 9, 202212:59 PM ET
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Johnson's seat was once considered to be one of the most vulnerable for the GOP this cycle, and he was polling closely with Barnes for months. But Barnes started to slip behind Johnson in recent polling, in part after being hit with a slew of ads labeling Barnes as soft on crime.
Johnson repeatedly brought up crime in his campaign, and targeted Barnes for opposing the cash-bail system, saying Barnes is "the guy who wrote the bill to release criminals without bail."
Barnes pushed back, telling NPR in October: "[Johnson] only brings up Milwaukee when he talks about crime, but he's never shown up to try to help. He has prioritized the interests and the profits of the gun lobby over the lives of our children and our public safety."
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While Barnes outraised Johnson in campaign funding, the race was also fueled by millions of dollars from outside groups who piled on in attacks ads against Barnes.
Johnson, a Trump supporter, has also repeatedly downplayed the Jan. 6 insurrection. He said it "didn't seem as - like an armed insurrection to me.".................
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Wisconsin Lt. Gov. and Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, Mandela Barnes, speaks to supporters at a rally outside of the Wisconsin State Capital building in July.
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