WASHINGTON — Republican Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson is calling on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to address why it tracked Americans throughout the coronavirus pandemic — and what other departments may have tracked the movements of United States citizens as well.
&#8220;It remains unclear why the CDC tracked millions of Americans during the pandemic and whether it continues to do so,&#8221; Johnson told the CDC in a Thursday letter first obtained by The Daily Wire. &#8220;In response to COVID-19, the CDC should have been prioritizing the development of treatments, effective testing, and vaccine safety rather than tracking Americans’ daily lives.&#8221; 
Johnson called on the CDC to explain if its use of location data was &#8220;the only mechanism it employed to monitor Americans during the pandemic,&#8221; which official or officials at the CDC approved the &#8220;use and subsequent purchase of location data,&#8221; what companies supplied the CDC with this data, and whether the CDC shared this location data with any other federal, state, or local agencies.
&#8220;If so, provide what entities received the data and explain why,&#8221; Johnson told the CDC.
The senator&#8217;s letter builds off internal documents from the CDC <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7vymn/cdc-tracked-phones-location-data-curfews">obtained by Vice</a> showing that the department used the data of millions of Americans to track their compliance with government coronavirus restrictions.
This included tracking people who visited grade schools and high schools, specifically the Navajo Nation, places of worship, and more, the publication reported.
&#8220;A recent report revealed that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) spent at least $420,000 to purchase location data from &#8216;at least 20 million active cellphone users per day&#8217; in an effort to assist the agency in monitoring Americans during the pandemic,&#8221; Johnson wrote in his letter to the CDC. 
&#8220;According to that report, the CDC obtained location data from at least one company, SafeGraph, to examine activities in schools, places of worship, parks, grocery stores, and public transit stations, among others,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;CDC reportedly wrote in a document, &#8216;the mobility data obtained in this contract will be available for CDC agency-wide use and will support numerous CDC priorities.'&#8221; 
Location data is sourced from an individual&#8217;s phone and shows where the device&#8217;s location is, revealing where the person goes during their day, as well as where they live and where they work. The CDC bought aggregated data, Vice reported, which means that the data was intended to follow trends of groups of people.
But researchers have warned that this type of data can also be used to track individuals, according to Vice.

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Senator Johnson Demands CDC Explain Why It Tracked Movements Of Americans During Pandemic

Ron Johnson Calls On CDC To Explain Why It Tracked Movements Of Americans During COVID

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After the Biden administration announced that its Department of Homeland Security would create a Disinformation Governance Board, conservatives reacted with fury over the incipient threat to free speech.
The announcement of the Disinformation Governance Board by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas came a mere two days after news broke that Elon Musk had purchased Twitter.
Republican senators blasted the idea of a Disinformation Governance Board; Florida Senator Marco Rubio (R) released a video on Twitter in which he stated:
<blockquote>A lot of people don&#8217;t know this yet , but the Department of Homeland Security has just set up a special office that is going to be a speech police. They’re basically going to be focused on misinformation; they announced it yesterday.
This is under the Department of Homeland Security, so instead of the Department of Homeland Security focused on stopping drugs from coming into America, or securing the border, stopping illegal immigration, they&#8217;re not going to be focused on that. They&#8217;re focused on policing speech, on making sure that people can&#8217;t share information or say things that they decide is misinformation. Guys, it’s time to wake up. If you don’t think these people aren’t coming after free speech, if you don’ think they’re not coming after our freedom, you’d better believe it now.</blockquote>
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If you didn’t believe these people on the marxist left are coming after your most basic constitutional rights, you better believe it now <a href="https://t.co/AsB2Jn3aXj">pic.twitter.com/AsB2Jn3aXj</a>
&mdash; Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) <a href="https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/1519672533208944640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 28, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson (R) issued a <a href="https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/services/files/A084441A-EA5C-4B38-B82E-0C83A9CE86CE">letter</a> to Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas, snapping, “The Biden Administration has not proven itself to be a credible arbiter of ‘disinformation.’ Instead, it has taken steps to silence information that is unflattering to this Administration under the guise of ‘disinformation.’”
“The fact that a federal department with approximately 240,000 employees would set up a ‘Disinformation Governance Board’ to enforce the government’s judgement of what information is allowed in the public square should frighten anyone who values liberty and understands how crucial free speech is in maintaining that liberty,” he <a href="https://www.wispolitics.com/2022/u-s-sen-johnson-to-sec-mayorkas-dhs-disinformation-governance-board-executive-director-is-beacon-of-misinformation/">told</a> The Daily Caller.
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) warned, “This is who the government is trying to put in charge of regulating YOUR speech.”
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This is who the government is trying to put in charge of regulating YOUR speech. <a href="https://t.co/DEUTJomYKm">https://t.co/DEUTJomYKm</a>
&mdash; Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1520015983632691200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 29, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hawley-rips-homeland-security-disinformation-board-policing-free-speech-protecting-border">fired</a>, &#8220;I confess, I at first thought this announcement was satire. Surely, no American administration would ever use the power of government to sit in judgment on the First Amendment speech of its own citizens. Sadly, I was mistaken. Rather than protecting our border or the American homeland, you have chosen to make policing Americans’ speech your priority. This new board is most certainly unconstitutional and should be dissolved immediately.&#8221;
Other conservative figures chimed in as well; Chuck Woolery opined, “Democrats who make their living and hold on to power with misinformation have created the department of Misinformation? So you can know the unvarnished truth. Finally we can trust what we hear,  not what you see everyday with your own eyes. Take comfort, this will backfire.”
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The Democrats who make their living and hold on to power with misinformation have created the department of Misinformation? So you can know the unvarnished truth. Finally we can trust what we hear, not what you see everyday with your own eyes. Take comfort, this will backfire.
&mdash; Chuck Woolery (@chuckwoolery) <a href="https://twitter.com/chuckwoolery/status/1519716003466387467?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 28, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Sports maven Clay Travis, noting the seemingly incessant actions by the Biden administration that have torpedoed President Biden’s his popularity, quipped, “It feels like the Biden administration is trying to intentionally tank for the number one pick in the draft.”
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Home run <a href="https://twitter.com/nypost?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nypost</a> cover today. It feels like the Biden administration is trying to intentionally tank for the number one pick in the draft. <a href="https://t.co/Y1V7SHHS4o">pic.twitter.com/Y1V7SHHS4o</a>
&mdash; Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClayTravis/status/1520013815651393536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 29, 2022</a></blockquote>
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‘Trying To Intentionally Tank For The Number One Pick In The Draft’: Conservatives Rip Biden’s ‘Disinformation Governance Board’

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Democratic dark money groups are zeroing in on a Republican senator, attacking Wisconsins&#8217;s Ron Johnson through an ad narrated by a former Planned Parenthood worker heavily critical of pro-lifers and unvaccinated Americans.
&#8220;My husband and I work hard and we play by the rules,&#8221; narrates Sara Thielen in a 5-figure digital ad released April 21 by Opportunity Wisconsin. &#8220;We&#8217;re not looking for a hand out, we just expect a level playing field. But Senator Ron Johnson&#8217;s only taking care of himself and other rich people.&#8221;
&#8220;He pushed through a tax law that ends up raising taxes on most working people but gives huge tax breaks to the super rich like him,&#8221; Thielen claims in the ad, which is part of Opportunity Wisconsin&#8217;s multimillion dollar TV and digital advertising campaign against Johnson. &#8220;Sure enough, Ron Johnson has doubled his personal allowance since taking office. That&#8217;s not right. Tell Ron Johnson to stop voting for tax laws that benefit himself.&#8221;
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JUST DROPPED: Our new ad comes on the heels of Sen. Johnson *admitting* to pushing through a tax loophole that benefited his family’s business, before he cashed out of the company for at least $5 million. 
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&mdash; Opportunity Wisconsin (@OpportunityWI) <a href="https://twitter.com/OpportunityWI/status/1517123647156240384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 21, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Johnson campaign spokesman Jake Wilkins has previously pushed back against Opportunity Wisconsin&#8217;s accusations, <a href="https://www.wispolitics.com/2022/johnson-campaign-dark-money-democrat-group-attacks-senator-johnson-for-getting-most-u-s-businesses-tax-relief-in-2017/">calling</a> the group a &#8220;poorly-built front for dark, liberal Democrat money.&#8221;
Opportunity Wisconsin <a href="https://www.opportunitywisconsin.org/about">describes itself</a> as a &#8220;coalition of Wisconsin residents fighting for an economy that works for working people&#8221; and <a href="https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_dc/EXTUID_4231080">is registered</a> under the 501c4, the <a href="https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/north-fund/">North Fund</a>.
The North Fund is a progressive D.C. based group <a href="https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000175-e6b6-d27b-a5f7-f6b6bae70000">under the umbrella</a> of the Sixteen Thirty Fund, a <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/11/arabella-advisors-money-democrats/620553/">client</a> of the sprawling, left-wing dark money mothership <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/11/arabella-advisors-money-democrats/620553/">Arabella Advisors</a>.
Similarly to Arabella and the Sixteen Thirty Fund, the North Fund <a href="https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/north-fund/">acts as an umbrella</a> for a variety of progressive advocacy groups, funneling millions into causes like packing the court, legalizing recreational marijuana, and promoting abortion.
Thielen, whom Opportunity Wisconsin describes as &#8220;an Eau Claire mother of two,&#8221; is an adjunct instructor in a health navigator program at Wisconsin&#8217;s Chippewa Valley Technical College, according to her Linkedin profile.
She formerly worked part-time at Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin for over five years, first as a registered nurse from 2011 to 2016 where she &#8220;aided&#8221; the &#8220;clinician in examination and medical procedures&#8221; and &#8220;provided appropriate therapeutic services to manage patient needs,&#8221; among a variety of other tasks listed, according to her profile, and for several months in 2016, she worked for Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin&#8217;s public affairs as a community organizer.
Thielen has repeatedly promoted social media content mocking pro-life activists, the unvaccinated, and Republicans, including retweeting an April 15 tweet comparing the murderous Nazi propaganda mastermind Joseph Goebbels to former President Donald Trump&#8217;s senior advisor Stephen Miller.
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She also retweeted reporter Terrell Jermaine Starr&#8217;s March 29 tweet comparing Americans who support Trump to Russians who support Putin.
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She&#8217;s also retweeted a tweet joking about Kyle Rittenhouse&#8217;s mother taking him to Ukraine and a tweet claiming that &#8220;pro-lifers sure love killing people.&#8221; <img loading="lazy" class="alignnone wp-image-372610 " src="https://www.dailywire.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Screen-Shot-2022-04-22-at-5.42.08-PM.png" alt="" width="632" height="95" /> <img loading="lazy" class="alignnone wp-image-372611 " src="https://www.dailywire.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Screen-Shot-2022-04-22-at-5.44.13-PM.png" alt="" width="569" height="139" />
Openly pro-abortion, Thielen has <a href="https://www.leadertelegram.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/voice-of-the-people-11-06-20/article_792961a1-afcf-525e-a1dc-4510f4264619.html">criticized Christians for voting</a> for pro-life candidates like Trump based on abortion and accused pro-lifers of lying about the number of babies aborted daily, instead claiming the number of aborted babies &#8220;cannot be counted.&#8221;
“Outside a school in the Chippewa Valley is a sign that states, ‘2400 babies were aborted today’ and sprawled out on the grass around it are blue and pink flags,&#8221; she <a href="https://www.leadertelegram.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/voice-of-the-people-10-15-21/article_ec488bcd-4b56-5c79-8ed8-a4f6117078e9.html">wrote in an October 2021 letter to the editor of the Leader Telegram</a>. &#8220;The question that comes to mind is: How do they come to this number? This is a made-up number. The number of possible humans that would be born cannot be counted.&#8221;
Thielen wrote that she has two living children and miscarried two babies at seven weeks, noting that she does not &#8220;think of&#8221; her miscarriages &#8220;as babies,&#8221; before accusing pro-lifers of being hypocritical about the pandemic.
&#8220;It’s time to stop voting for politicians that call themselves ‘pro-life’ and start voting for leaders that care more about our living children,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;Because people really are losing their babies from COVID.”
She&#8217;s also suggested that the government shouldn&#8217;t pay for the healthcare of Americans who are not vaccinated who contract COVID-19.
“Who pays the bill when an anti-vaxxer gets COVID,&#8221; she <a href="https://www.leadertelegram.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/voice-of-the-people-07-30-21/article_98274efc-9023-50bf-8c1e-22dd0e39eada.html">asked in another letter to the editor</a>, emphasizing, &#8220;I don’t want to pay for that. I don’t want my tax dollars going toward the millions of tax dollars wasted on some infection that could have been prevented with a shot.&#8221;
This is not the first time Thielen has worked with Opportunity Wisconsin. In April 2020, she <a href="https://www.opportunitywisconsin.org/press/wisconsin-parents-speak-out-about-covid-19">participated in a virtual roundtable</a> hosted by Opportunity Wisconsin and the progressive group 9to5 to discuss COVID and &#8220;how the Trump administration’s economic policies haven&#8217;t worked for their families or communities.&#8221;
“People are one paycheck away from not having anything. We knew this was going to happen. This isn’t a shocker to anybody who works in health care. Nobody listened to us. As a health care worker the most frustrating thing is that nobody is listening to us,” said Thielen, identified by Opportunity Wisconsin at the time as a nurse from Eau Claire.
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Republican Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson emphasized Tuesday that most Americans are not on board with the gender ideology pushing biological men in women&#8217;s spaces.
The senator touched on the topic during a telephone town hall with citizens of Wisconsin on Tuesday amid controversy over swimmer Lia Thomas, a transgender woman, who raced with female athletes over the weekend during the NCAA Women&#8217;s Swimming Championships in Atlanta, Georgia.
“So first of all, I think most Americans agree with you in terms of the transgender issue,&#8221; Johnson said during the town hall to a father dismayed that biological men are increasingly allowed in women&#8217;s spaces and events.
&#8220;You shouldn’t allow biological males to compete against girls,&#8221; Johnson continued, noting that allowing biological men in women&#8217;s sports is disheartening to the girls competing.
&#8220;You shouldn’t allow biological males to be going into women’s bathrooms, it’s creepy,&#8221; he added. &#8220;It’s just not good.&#8221;
&#8220;I think most Americans agree with you there, there’s got to be a commonsense approach without discriminating, that type of thing, so everybody can live together in peace and harmony,&#8221; Johnson added. &#8220;So I think most people agree with you &#8230; It’s the left that keeps pushing these issues on us.”
The senator&#8217;s comments are backed by 2021 polling <a href="https://www.heritage.org/gender/report/poll-americans-are-wary-gender-identity-and-sexual-orientation-ideology-and-policys">conducted</a> by The Heritage Foundation, finding that 58% of Americans oppose allowing students to compete on sports teams that do not align with their biological sex, while 53% of Americans oppose allowing students to use showers or locker rooms that do not align with their biological sex.
Thomas competed Saturday evening in the 100 freestyle final, finishing in 8th place with a time of 48.18 seconds.
The transgender athlete, who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trans-swimmer-lia-thomas-slated-to-win-womens-500-free-by-almost-3-seconds">won</a> the 500 freestyle on Thursday and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/multiple-women-beat-lia-thomas-in-womens-200-freestyle">tied for fifth</a> in the 200 freestyle Friday, has drawn nationwide backlash for swimming and competing on a women’s team after <a href="https://pennathletics.com/sports/mens-swimming-and-diving/roster/lia-thomas/19457">racing with men</a> for three years.
“It means the world to be here … I try to ignore it as much as I can,” Thomas <a href="https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/33529775/amid-protests-pennsylvania-swimmer-lia-thomas-becomes-first-known-transgender-athlete-win-division-national-championship">told ESPN</a> after winning the 500 freestyle. “I try to focus on my swimming, what I need to do to get ready for my races. And just try to block out everything else.”
Three-time Olympic gold medalist Rowdy Gaines, now an ESPN analyst, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-3x-olympic-gold-medalist-says-swimming-world-overwhelmingly-concerned-about-fairness-in-womens-sports">confirmed to The Daily Wire</a> on Friday afternoon that the collegiate swimming world is “overwhelmingly” concerned about fairness in women’s sports.
“I’m finding there’s a lot of terms that come up that, terms like the fairness issue and not a level playing field, hopeless, helpless feeling,” he said, adding that some people he has spoken with have articulated that they feel it is “a sad day for the sport.”
Multiple parents with whom The Daily Wire spoke confirmed this sentiment, describing anxious mothers, fathers, coaches, and swimmers who fear publicly discussing the subject lest they face societal repercussions in a quick-to-cancel culture.
“I just don’t think it’s fair,” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/its-unfair-ncaa-father-says-its-soul-crushing-watching-lia-thomas-obliterate-female-swimmers">said</a> the father of a swimmer from Virginia. “These young ladies have worked too hard to be treated like that.”
Another father, Felipe Delgado, whose daughter was competing at the championships against Lia Thomas, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/somebody-has-got-to-come-out-and-say-something-dad-slams-gatekeepers-for-making-his-daughter-swim-against-a-biological-man">indicated</a> that the NCAA is to blame for failing to establish proper parameters.
“Had they established rules that prohibited [Thomas] from being here, she wouldn’t be here,” Delgado said in a Friday evening interview.
“I am a believer that there is a gatekeeper,” he said. “And when that gatekeeper allows somebody to come in who potentially shouldn’t be invited to the party, I think ultimately the brunt of the blame, if there is blame to be had, would fall on that person.”
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Republican Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson announced Sunday that he is officially running for a third term in the U.S. Senate.
Johnson released a statement Sunday morning confirming his decision. Via <a href="https://www.wbay.com/2022/01/09/sen-ron-johnson-announces-run-third-term/">WBAY 2 Green Bay</a>:
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“In 2010, I promised I would always tell people the truth and that I would never vote with re-election in mind. An extension of that promise is that I don’t conduct myself worrying about re-election. When re-election is not your primary motivation, those are easy promises to keep &#8211; and I have faithfully done so. That attitude is relatively unique in Washington, and it may be one reason why many appreciate having me involved in the national debate,” said Senator Johnson.
“So today, I am announcing I will continue to fight for freedom in the public realm by running for re-election. It is not a decision I have made lightly. Having already experienced a growing level of vitriol and false attacks, I certainly don’t expect better treatment in the future. In order for my campaign to succeed, I will need the support of every Wisconsinite who values the truth and refuses to allow lies and distortions to prevail.”
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Johnson further articulated his reasoning in an op-ed for <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-im-seeking-a-third-senate-term-11641695974?mod=article_inline">The Wall Street Journal</a>. &#8220;During the 2016 campaign, I said it would be my last campaign and final term. That was my strong preference, and my wife’s—we both looked forward to a normal private life,&#8221; Johnson wrote. &#8220;Neither of us anticipated the Democrats’ complete takeover of government and the disastrous policies they have already inflicted on America and the world, to say nothing of those they threaten to enact in the future.&#8221;
&#8220;Nor did we anticipate the pandemic, the government’s failed response to it, the loss of freedom that has resulted, and the tyrannical approach taken by the elites who have created and maintained a state of fear that allows them to exercise control over Americans’ lives. Instead of everyone working to achieve the goal President Biden stated during his inaugural address—unifying and healing America—it feels as if our nation is being torn apart.&#8221;
&#8220;I believe America is in peril,&#8221; Johnson added. &#8220;Much as I’d like to ease into a quiet retirement, I don’t feel I should. Countless people have encouraged me to run, saying they rely on me to be their voice, to speak plain and obvious truths other elected leaders shirk from expressing—truths the elite in government, mainstream media and Big Tech don’t want you to hear.&#8221;
Multiple outlets reported Friday that multiple Republican leaders expected Johnson, who originally campaigned on a pledge to serve just two terms, to run again in 2022. The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/wisconsin-senator-ron-johnson-reportedly-running-for-re-election">reported</a>:
<blockquote>Johnson, one of former President Trump’s staunchest allies in Congress, previously declined to say whether he was running for another term in the Senate, but CBS News reported that Johnson is being pressured to run again&#8230;
<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/07/politics/ron-johnson-reelection-plans/index.html">CNN</a> also reported Friday that Republicans were “growing bullish” that Johnson would announce he was running again, with one source saying that Johnson could make an announcement as soon as next week&#8230;
Top Republicans have also publicly expressed interest in Johnson running again. “I’ve always believed he’s going to run,” said Florida Senator Rick Scott, chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
Former Wisconsin Republican Party Chairman Andrew Hitt concurred. “I fully expect to see Sen. Johnson run for reelection,” he told CNN. “He’s continued to travel the state. He’s been very active. All signs really point to him getting in the race very soon.”
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According to both outlets, Johnson is favored by operatives in both parties in a race that is considered one of the more competitive races in the 2022 midterms. Democrats see Johnson as vulnerable because of past statements he made regarding <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/youtube-bans-republican-senator-for-discussing-covid-19-treatment">COVID-19 treatments</a> and the January 6 Capitol riot. Republicans, however, see Johnson’s incumbency and the favorable electoral environment as advantages in the race, which could possibly determine whether Republicans flip the Senate in 2022.</blockquote>
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Ron Johnson Officially Announces Re-Election Campaign

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Republican Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson is reportedly expected to announce a run for re-election to the U.S. Senate.
<a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ron-johnson-reelection-run-senate-wisconsin/">CBS News</a> reported Friday that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-johnson">Johnson</a>, who campaigned for his first election to the Senate in 2010 on a promise to serve just two terms, is going to announce his re-election campaign next week.
Johnson, one of former President Trump&#8217;s staunchest allies in Congress, previously declined to say whether he was running for another term in the Senate, but CBS News reported that Johnson is being pressured to run again.
&#8220;I never anticipated the importance of continuing to uncover the corruption,&#8221; Johnson told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel last month, via CBS News. &#8220;But also just this moment, right here, this is crucial that Republicans retain this Senate seat and I think just about everybody I talk to says I probably have the best chance of doing that. And that puts a fair amount of pressure on me to do that. No, I mean, look, when I made that pledge, when my wife (Jane) and I made that pledge, that was our very strong preference.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/07/politics/ron-johnson-reelection-plans/index.html">CNN</a> also reported Friday that Republicans were &#8220;growing bullish&#8221; that Johnson would announce he was running again, with one source saying that Johnson could make an announcement as soon as next week. The outlet cited several anonymous sources who said that Senate Republicans have the &#8220;distinct impression&#8221; that Johnson is going to run again, and &#8220;would be surprised if he did not.&#8221;
Johnson, for his part, has been mum on the subject. &#8220;I&#8217;m not ready to say anything,&#8221; Johnson told CNN. Asked by the outlet if he was going to announce his campaign next week, Johnson simply said, “I do all kinds of events.”
Top Republicans have also publicly expressed interest in Johnson running again. &#8220;I&#8217;ve always believed he&#8217;s going to run,&#8221; said Florida Senator Rick Scott, chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
Former Wisconsin Republican Party Chairman Andrew Hitt concurred. “I fully expect to see Sen. Johnson run for reelection,&#8221; he told CNN. &#8220;He&#8217;s continued to travel the state. He&#8217;s been very active. All signs really point to him getting in the race very soon.&#8221;
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), when asked if he wanted Johnson to run in November, said, “Of course I do,&#8221; CNN reported.
According to both outlets, Johnson is favored by operatives in both parties in a race that is considered one of the more competitive races in the 2022 midterms. Democrats see Johnson as vulnerable because of past statements he made regarding <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/youtube-bans-republican-senator-for-discussing-covid-19-treatment">COVID-19 treatments</a> and the January 6 Capitol riot. Republicans, however, see Johnson&#8217;s incumbency and the favorable electoral environment as advantages in the race, which could possibly determine whether Republicans flip the Senate in 2022.
Republicans are looking at a favorable election map in 2022. The nonpartisan Cook Political Report&#8217;s ratings currently have Republicans in prime position to flip the Senate and House of Representatives, even without Johnson. The election prognosticator shifted its projections for the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cook-political-report-shifts-three-senate-races-toward-republicans-amid-biden-approval-tanking">Arizona, Georgia, and Nevada Senate</a> races toward Republicans in November, and its current projections for the House of Representatives has Republicans in prime position to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cook-political-report-projects-republicans-to-take-house-in-2022">flip the House majority</a> as well.
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Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson Reportedly Running For Re-Election

On Wednesday, Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) held a roundtable regarding the southern border crisis and the majority of the panel agreed that Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas had lied to Americans about the border, with Mark Morgan, the former Acting Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, telling the group that Mayorkas either “directly lied” to Johnson when he said he didn’t have data on how many illegal immigrants had been removed, released, or detained, or Mayorkas “intentionally stuck his head in the sand.”
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Yesterday <a href="https://twitter.com/SenRonJohnson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenRonJohnson</a> did something Senate Democrats refuse to do: Held a roundtable on the border crisis.
Watch this Mark Morgan exchange with <a href="https://twitter.com/SenRickScott?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenRickScott</a> on whether <a href="https://twitter.com/SecMayorkas?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SecMayorkas</a> has told Americans the truth: <a href="https://t.co/Ty28Px8iSF">pic.twitter.com/Ty28Px8iSF</a>
&mdash; Heritage Foundation (@Heritage) <a href="https://twitter.com/Heritage/status/1451298959574638594?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) asked the panel, “How many of you believe he has lied to the American people?” Six of eight members raised their hands.
Scott continued, “He has to resign. I asked him when I interviewed him, I said, are you going to comply with the law? He said, ‘Absolutely.’ ‘Are you going to provide me all the information I want for oversight, I’m the Homeland Security?’ ‘Absolutely.’”
“He came into the committee that we were in three weeks ago and completely lied,” Scott asserted. “He lied to the American people. The guy has to resign.”
Morgan stated, “Senator Johnson — I completely agree, sir. I watched your questioning him. You asked him three simple questions: How many have been removed? How many have been released? How many are detained?”
“As the Secretary of Homeland Security — you didn’t even get into the details about the demographics: How many are unaccompanied minors, how many families, how many single adults, right?” Morgan continued. “Look, as the Commissioner, I know he has that data because we helped create those documents.”
“The chief here used to bust on me all the time,” Morgan recalled. “He said, ‘Commissioner, stop looking at all the data every day, right?’ Cause I was calling him every single day just about the data. This Secretary had this data. So he either directly lied to you when he said he didn’t have it or he intentionally stuck his head in the sand. Both are unconscionable and both he should be removed.”
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Yesterday <a href="https://twitter.com/SenRonJohnson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenRonJohnson</a> did something Senate Democrats refuse to do: Held a roundtable on the border crisis.
Watch this Mark Morgan exchange with <a href="https://twitter.com/SenRickScott?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenRickScott</a> on whether <a href="https://twitter.com/SecMayorkas?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SecMayorkas</a> has told Americans the truth: <a href="https://t.co/Ty28Px8iSF">pic.twitter.com/Ty28Px8iSF</a>
&mdash; Heritage Foundation (@Heritage) <a href="https://twitter.com/Heritage/status/1451298959574638594?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2021</a></blockquote>
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In late September, Johnson <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/senator-grills-dhs-head-mayorkas-on-data-revealing-scale-of-biden-border-crisis-i-want-them-now/">grilled Mayorkas</a>. &#8220;Mr. Secretary, of the 1.3 million people that we&#8217;ve apprehended, how many people have been returned?&#8221; Johnson asked. &#8220;How many people are being detained? And how many people have been dispersed? Now I want some numbers here. So we&#8217;ve got 1.3 million people, how many people have been returned? How many people are being detained? How many people have been dispersed to all points around America?&#8221;
&#8220;Senator, I would be pleased to provide you with that data,&#8221; Mayorkas responded in refusing to provide any data.
&#8220;I want them now!&#8221; Johnson erupted. &#8220;Why don&#8217;t you have that information now?&#8221;
&#8220;Senator, I do not have that data before me,&#8221; Mayorkas claimed.
&#8220;Why not?&#8221; Johnson pressed. &#8220;Why don&#8217;t you have that basic information?&#8221;
&#8220;Senator, I want to be accurate in the information &#8230;&#8221; Mayorkas claimed.
The exchange continued:
<blockquote>JOHNSON: I&#8217;m looking for ballpark figures. Is it about half, have we dispersed about half of that, or we have about 600,000 people we dispersed?
MAYORKAS: Senator, these are the tools that we employ. We use the Title 42 authority that is the Public Health Authority, empowered by the Centers for Disease Control to expel individuals in light&#8211;
JOHNSON: So I&#8217;m hearing that you&#8217;re not using that to the full extent and that we&#8217;ve got 40-50% of people, even apprehended under Title 42 that are not being returned. Is that accurate? 
MAYORKAS: That is that is actually inaccurate.
JOHNSON: &#8230; What is the real figure then?
MAYORKAS: If I may say, Senator, we use the Title 42 Authority, the Public Health Authority of the Centers for Disease Control to the fullest extent, we are able to.
JOHNSON: So what is the percent that you are returning under Title 42? It&#8217;s about 750,000 people, apprehended under Title 42, how many of those individuals have been returned under Title 42?
MAYORKAS: Senator, I will provide that data to you. 
JOHNSON: So you&#8217;re saying that 40-50% is not accurate? If you know that that&#8217;s not accurate. You must have the real number.
MAYORKAS: Senator, what I said was not accurate was your assertion that we are not using Title 42 Authority to the fullest extent that&#8211;
JOHNSON: No, that&#8217;s not what I said at all. I said we&#8217;re not returning everybody under Title 42. We&#8217;re dispersing a number of those individuals.
MAYORKAS: Not for reasons of our limitation of use that we impose on ourselves, but rather because certain of our capacity to return people under Title 42 is constrained by the Mexican authorities of ability to receive them. This is a matter of bilateral and multilateral relationships. We exercise the Title 42 Authority to the fullest extent that we can, we then work with Mexico to assess what its capacity to receive individuals is. 
JOHNSON: Again you&#8217;re talking about the process. I want numbers. I&#8217;m gonna expect numbers, by the way, you know, last year in which you didn&#8217;t stick around for second round questions, you didn&#8217;t come in here in person, I sent you questions for the record, I&#8217;ve got no response whatsoever. And you came before this committee, and you committed to responding to congressional oversight. And you have not done so. And according to former chief Scott, you&#8217;ve provided factually incorrect information to Congress. So we&#8217;re expecting you to up your game as it relates to congressional oversight.</blockquote>
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GOP Dismiss Notion Of Trump’s Vote Fight Hurting U.S.

Sen. Rick Scott: Mayorkas Lied To The American People About Illegals, Should Resign

Alejandro Mayorkas

Illegal Immigration

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) grilled Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas during a Senate hearing this week over not providing congressional oversight leaders data from President Joe Biden&#8217;s border catastrophe.
&#8220;Mr. Secretary, of the 1.3 million people that we&#8217;ve apprehended, how many people have been returned?&#8221; Johnson asked. &#8220;How many people are being detained? And how many people have been dispersed? Now I want some numbers here. So we&#8217;ve got 1.3 million people, how many people have been returned? How many people are being detained? How many people have been dispersed to all points around America?&#8221;
&#8220;Senator, I would be pleased to provide you with data,&#8221; Mayorkas responded in refusing to provide any data.
&#8220;I want them now!&#8221; Johnson erupted. &#8220;Why don&#8217;t you have that information?&#8221;
&#8220;Senator, I do not have that data before me,&#8221; Mayorkas claimed.
&#8220;Why not?&#8221; Johnson pressed. &#8220;Why don&#8217;t you have that basic information?&#8221;
&#8220;Senator, I want to be accurate in the information &#8230;&#8221; Mayorkas claimed.
Mayorkas proceeded to repeatedly dodge the question and did not answer.
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TRANSCRIPT:
<blockquote>SEN. RON JOHNSON (R-WI): I&#8217;m putting a chart that I&#8217;ve been keeping on apprehensions on Southwest Border. Just to give you some quick numbers here, to date this calendar year, there have been almost 1.3 million apprehensions, we&#8217;re averaging the last few months 6,700 to 6800 people per day. That&#8217;s a large caravan per day being apprehended by Border Patrol. 800 to 1,100 known got-a-ways, which would equate some somewhere over 300,000 getaway is known got-a-ways for the year. If you annualize these figures, been a couple 100,000 people per month, we&#8217;ll be up to about 2.1 million apprehensions, add the get-a-ways, 300,000 to 400,000, we&#8217;re up to two and a half million people. You have repeatedly stated that our borders are not open, they&#8217;re closed. Do you honestly believe that our borders are closed?
ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS, DHS SECRETARY: Senator, I do. And let me let me speak to that.
JOHNSON: No, let me ask you a couple questions here. This committee received, it was dated September 11th, but apparently this letter was not received till Thursday, I didn&#8217;t find out about it till yesterday, I released it to the public immediately, by recently retired U.S. Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott. In this letter, former Chief Scott states, he is sickened by the avoidable and rapid disintegration of what was arguably the most effective border security our nation&#8217;s history. And of course, the chart shows it, we&#8217;ve pretty well secured the border. We&#8217;d stopped the flow of unaccompanied children, we&#8217;d stopped the flow of family units, because of the migrant protection protocols and the agreements that President Trump put in place, that the building of the wall, we were serious about border security until your administration took office. You stood before this Committee and said that you would enforce the laws. You have not done that. Let me go on. Chief Scott says to think that well resourced terrorist networks, criminal organizations and hostile nations are not going to do the same, in other words, exploit the open border is naive. Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s very troubling. He said the Secretary and other political appointees within DHS have provided factually incorrect information to congressional representatives and to the American public. So let me ask you, Mr. Secretary, of the 1.3 million people that we&#8217;ve apprehended, how many people have been returned? How many people are being detained? And how many people have been dispersed? Now I want some numbers here. So we&#8217;ve got 1.3 million people, how many people have been returned? How many people are being detained? How many people have been dispersed to all points around America? 
MAYORKAS: Senator, I would be pleased to provide you with data. 
JOHNSON: I want them now! Why don&#8217;t you have that information? Now?
MAYORKAS: Senator, I do not have that data before me. 
JOHNSON: Why not? Why don&#8217;t you have that basic information? 
MAYORKAS: Senator, I want to be accurate in the information&#8230;
JOHNSON: I&#8217;m looking for ballpark figures. Is it about half, have we dispersed about half of that, or we have about 600,000 people we dispersed?
MAYORKAS: Senator, these are the tools that we employ. We use the Title 42 authority that is the Public Health Authority, empowered by the Centers for Disease Control to expel individuals in light&#8211;
JOHNSON: So I&#8217;m hearing that you&#8217;re not using that to the full extent and that we&#8217;ve got 40-50% of people, even apprehended under Title 42 that are not being returned. Is that accurate? 
MAYORKAS: That is that is actually inaccurate.
JOHNSON: &#8230; What is the real figure then?
MAYORKAS: If I may say, Senator, we use the Title 42 Authority, the Public Health Authority of the Centers for Disease Control to the fullest extent, we are able to.
JOHNSON: So what is the percent that you are returning under Title 42? It&#8217;s about 750,000 people, apprehended under Title 42, how many of those individuals have been returned under Title 42?
MAYORKAS: Senator, I will provide that data to you. 
JOHNSON: So you&#8217;re saying that 40-50% is not accurate? If you know that that&#8217;s not accurate. You must have the real number.
MAYORKAS: Senator, what I said was not accurate was your assertion that we are not using Title 42 Authority to the fullest extent that&#8211;
JOHNSON: No, that&#8217;s not what I said at all. I said we&#8217;re not returning everybody under Title 42. We&#8217;re dispersing a number of those individuals.
MAYORKAS: Not for reasons of our limitation of use that we impose on ourselves, but rather because certain of our capacity to return people under Title 42 is constrained by the Mexican authorities of ability to receive them. This is a matter of bilateral and multilateral relationships. We exercise the Title 42 Authority to the fullest extent that we can, we then work with Mexico to assess what its capacity to receive individuals is. 
JOHNSON: Again you&#8217;re talking about the process. I want numbers. I&#8217;m gonna expect numbers, by the way, you know, last year in which you didn&#8217;t stick around for second round questions, you didn&#8217;t come in here in person, I sent you questions for the record, I&#8217;ve got no response whatsoever. And you came before this committee, and you committed to responding to congressional oversight. And you have not done so. And according to former chief Scott, you&#8217;ve provided factually incorrect information to Congress. So we&#8217;re expecting you to up your game as it relates to congressional oversight. </blockquote>
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Senate Homeland Security Committee Examines Post-9/11 Landscape

Senator Grills DHS Head Mayorkas On Data Revealing Scale Of Biden Border Crisis: ‘I Want Them Now!’

Southern Border

YouTube has reportedly suspended Republican Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) for one week after his account uploaded a video that was found to have violated Google’s policy regarding medical misinformation.
“We removed the video in accordance with our COVID-19 medical misinformation policies, which don’t allow content that encourages people to use Hydroxychloroquine or Ivermectin to treat or prevent the virus,” a YouTube spokesperson said in a statement, according to <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/youtube-suspends-gop-sen-ron-johnson-s-account-says-he-n1270569">NBC News</a>.
In YouTube’s <a href="https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/9891785?hl=en&amp;ref_topic=9282436">detailed</a> “COVID-19 medical misinformation policy,” the Big Tech giant declares that it “doesn&#8217;t allow content about COVID-19 that poses a serious risk of egregious harm.”
“YouTube doesn&#8217;t allow content that spreads medical misinformation that contradicts local health authorities’ or the World Health Organization’s (WHO) medical information about COVID-19,” YouTube continued. According to its guidelines, this is limited to content that contradicts WHO or local health authorities’ guidance on treatment, prevention, diagnosis, transmission, social distancing and self isolation guidelines, or the existence of COVID-19.
According to <a href="https://thefederalist.com/2021/06/11/youtube-bans-sen-ron-johnson-for-discussing-early-treatment-of-covid-19/">The Federalist</a>, in the allegedly offending video, Johnson was criticizing both the Trump and Biden administrations for “not only ignoring but working against robust research [on] the use of cheap, generic drugs to be repurposed for early treatment of COVID.”
“It always baffled me that there was such a concerted effort to deny the American public the type of robust exploration research into early treatment early in this pandemic,” Johnson said, according to The Federalist, claiming that some studies have shown that “both Hydroxychloroquine and Ivermectin” are “incredibly safe” drugs.
YouTube’s policies specifically reference the drugs discussed by Johnson, directing users not to post content on YouTube if it includes “Content that recommends use of Ivermectin or Hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of COVID-19” or “Claims that Ivermectin or Hydroxychloroquine are effective treatments for COVID-19.”
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) currently advises against the use of Hydroxychloroquine, <a href="https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-halts-clinical-trial-hydroxychloroquine">saying</a> that a study “shows treatment does no harm, but provides no benefit.” Meanwhile, the NIH has <a href="https://www.covid19treatmentguidelines.nih.gov/therapies/antiviral-therapy/ivermectin/">stated</a> that “There are insufficient data for the COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines Panel (the Panel) to recommend either for or against the use of ivermectin for the treatment of COVID-19.”
The World Health Organization also advises against Hydroxychloroquine.
“WHO does not recommend hydroxychloroquine to prevent COVID-19. This recommendation is based on six trials with more than 6000 participants who did not have COVID-19 and received hydroxychloroquine,” wrote the <a href="https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/coronavirus-disease-(covid-19)-hydroxychloroquine">WHO</a> in April 2021. “Using hydroxychloroquine for prevention had little or no effect on preventing illness, hospitalization or death from COVID-19. Taking hydroxychloroquine to prevent COVID-19 may increase the risk of diarrhea, nausea, abdominal pain, drowsiness and headache.”
In a statement, Johnson’s office slammed YouTube for their actions.
“YouTube’s ongoing Covid censorship proves they have accumulated too much unaccountable power. Big Tech and mainstream media believe they are smarter than medical doctors who have devoted their lives to science and use their skills to save lives,” Johnson said. “They have decided there is only one medical viewpoint allowed and it is the viewpoint dictated by government agencies. How many lives will be lost as a result? How many lives could have been saved with a free exchange of medical ideas? Government-sanctioned censorship of ideas and speech should concern us all.”
The news comes as an observational study, <a class="link rapid-noclick-resp" href="https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.05.28.21258012v1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-ylk="slk:published by medRxiv" data-rapid_p="18" data-v9y="1">published by medRxiv</a>, found that &#8220;antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine, along with zinc, could increase the coronavirus survival rate by as much as nearly 200% if distributed at higher doses to ventilated patients with a severe version of the illness,&#8221; according to <a href="https://news.yahoo.com/study-shows-hydroxychloroquine-zinc-treatments-210300816.html">Yahoo! News</a>.
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YouTube Bans Republican Senator For Discussing COVID-19 Treatment

Hydroxychloroquine

Social Media Censorship

YouTube

Five Republican senators are sponsoring an amendment that would force the Biden administration to garner approval from the U.S. Senate before signing on to the disastrous Iran nuclear deal.
Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) is leading the charge, joined by James Risch (R-ID), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and John Barrasso (R-WY). Johnson told <a href="https://freebeacon.com/national-security/senate-republicans-move-to-mandate-congressional-approval-for-new-iran-deal/">The Washington Free Beacon</a>, “Our adversaries understand the Biden administration will chart the same weak and disastrous course as President Obama.”
“It&#8217;s clear the Biden administration is in the business of appeasing adversaries like Russia, state sponsors of terrorism like Iran, and its terrorist proxies like Hamas,” Johnson continued. “Instead of addressing the threats these actors pose, the administration will coddle the Iranian regime and ignore its malign activity throughout the region. … it is critical to the security of America and to world peace that any deal Biden negotiates with Iran be deemed a treaty requiring ratification by the U.S. Senate.”
The <a href="https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/services/files/6ABB657E-3F13-438D-8566-9AC174D51401">amendment,</a> which has not yet been attached to a specific bill, states “any agreement reached by the president with Iran relating to the nuclear program with Iran is deemed to be a treaty subject to the requirements of article II, section 2, clause 2 of the Constitution of the United States requiring that the treaty is subject to the advice and consent of the Senate, with two-thirds of Senators concurring.” It adds that the &#8220;president may not waive, suspend, reduce, provide relief from, or otherwise limit the application of sanctions.”
Johnson added:
<blockquote>President Reagan was right when he said you achieve peace through strength. Unfortunately, our adversaries understand the Biden administration will chart the same weak and disastrous course as President Obama. It’s clear the Biden administration is in the business of appeasing adversaries like Russia, state sponsors of terrorism like Iran, and Iran’s terrorist proxies like Hamas. 
Instead of addressing the threats these actors pose, the administration will coddle the Iranian regime and ignore its malign activity throughout the region. Any potential agreement with Iran involves risks that affect our entire nation. It is critical to the security of America and to world peace that any deal Biden negotiates with Iran be deemed a treaty requiring approval by the U.S. Senate.</blockquote>
Risch echoed, “If the Biden Administration wants a deal with Iran that will survive successive administrations, it must engage in extensive, formal consultations with Congress. There is strong bipartisan consensus in the Senate that any agreement must prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and address all facets of Iran’s illicit behavior, and this amendment will ensure these requirements are met.”
Rubio asserted, “I’m proud to join Senator Johnson in filing this amendment, which would ensure that any nuclear deal with Iran be submitted to the Senate. As the Biden Administration seeks to provide the brutal regime in Tehran with sanctions relief, we must ensure we defend our interests as well as those of our regional allies.”
&#8220;While it is unlikely any Democrats will break ranks to support the effort, several Democrats, including Senators Ben Cardin (Md.), Joe Manchin (W. Va.), and Bob Menendez (N.J.), broke ranks with the Obama administration in 2015 to oppose the accord. The Obama administration was ultimately able to enter the accord by skirting Congress,&#8221; The Free Beacon noted.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee Holds Markup For Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act

5 GOP Senators Create Amendment Requiring Senate Approval For Biden To Rejoin Iran Nuclear Deal

Iran Nuclear Deal

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) is threatening to force Senate clerks to read every word in the nearly 600-page $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus relief package before a vote can take place.
Lawmakers can ask clerks to read entire bills before votes, but it&#8217;s rarely done with legislation that long.
&#8220;I&#8217;m going to make the Senate clerk read the Democrats’ $1.9 trillion bill. All several hundred pages of it,&#8221; Johnson wrote on Twitter. &#8220;Then I’m going to offer amendments. Many amendments. We need to highlight the abuse. This is not a COVID relief bill. It&#8217;s a boondoggle for Democrats.&#8221;
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I&#39;m going to make the Senate clerk read the Democrats’ $1.9 trillion bill. All several hundred pages of it.
Then I’m going to offer amendments. Many amendments.
We need to highlight the abuse.
This is not a COVID relief bill.
It&#39;s a boondoggle for Democrats.
&mdash; Senator Ron Johnson (@SenRonJohnson) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenRonJohnson/status/1367239364774932483?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2021</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Since more than 90% of this &#8216;COVID relief&#8217; bill is not even related to COVID, I think we need a full reading of the bill. Yes, it could take 10 hours but the American people deserve to know what&#8217;s in it,&#8221; he also tweeted.
Republicans say the legislation includes billions of dollars in wasteful spending unrelated to the pandemic.
“The swamp is back,” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said during debate on the House floor. “Almost every one of this bill’s 592 pages includes a liberal pipe dream that predates the pandemic.”
“We’re really going to continue to hammer on all the nonsense that’s non-COVID related that has been packed into this Democratic wish list,” said Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA). “I think you’re going to see a lot of amendments coming from our members, and they’re going to be good, solid amendments — trying to decrease some of the line-item funding that you see in non-COVID items as well as trying to make more sensible adjustments to the rest of the package.”
President Joe Biden supports the latest bill and on Wednesday rallied lawmakers during a virtual speech to House Democrats holding their annual issues conference.
&#8220;Staying unified as we complete this process to pass the American Rescue Plan won’t just make a difference in our fight against COVID-19 and our efforts to rebuild the economy, it will also show the American people we are capable of coming together for what matters most to them,&#8221; he said. &#8220;They have lost faith in government. This is a time to reestablish that faith.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s good policy and it&#8217;s good politics,&#8221; he said of the package.
The latest proposal by Senate Democrats would lower the income cap for COVID-19 stimulus checks and would leave out nearly 12 million Americans, <a href="https://itep.org/new-estimates-on-senates-slightly-revised-cash-payment/">according</a> to a new analysis.
Under the latest proposal, individuals earning up to $75,000 per year would receive $1,400 checks, but the payments would decline sharply up to $80,000, where they would phase out completely.
About 200 million Americans would get the stimulus checks under the new Senate plan, which is 11.8 million fewer than a relief bill passed by the House last week, according to estimates from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. That bill sets a $100,000 income cap.
&#8220;The Senate bill would benefit 86 percent of adults and 85 percent of children, compared to 91 percent of adults and 90 percent of children under the House-passed bill. But among the bottom 60 percent of Americans, those who most need help, both versions of the proposal would benefit 100 percent of adults and children,&#8221; the Institute said.
&#8220;The cash payments in the Senate proposal would phase out for those with income exceeding $75,000 in the case of singles, $112,500 in the case of single parents, and $150,000 in the case of married couples–just as in the House-passed bill. However, the Senate Democrats propose to phase out the payments at a steeper rate. For example, the Senate version would phase the cash payments out entirely for singles with $80,000 of income, compared to $100,000 of income under the House-passed bill,&#8221; according to the analysis.
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On Wednesday at a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing led by chairman Ron Johnson (R-WI), Johnson tore into Indiana Democrat Senator Gary Peters, saying he had lied repeatedly that Johnson had spread Russian disinformation.
Before that exchange occurred, Johnson noted numerous instances where Peters and other Democrats had warned well before the 2020 election of danger to the election process. He quoted a letter on March 26, 2019, in which Democratic Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), John Warner (D-VA), John Reed (D-RI), and Peters wrote, “The integrity of our elections remain under serious threat. Our nation’s intelligence agencies continue to raise the alarm that foreign adversaries are actively trying to undermine our system and democracy and will target the 2020 elections as they did in 2016 and 2018 elections. A combination of older legacy machines and newer systems vulnerabilities in each present a problem for the security of our democracy and they must be addressed.”
Another letter Johnson quoted from December 6, 2019, written by Senators Elizabeth Warren, (D-MA) Klobuchar, Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Congressman Ron Pocan (D-WI), stated:
<blockquote>We are particularly concerned that secretive and trouble-plagued companies owned by private equity firms and responsible for manufacturing and maintaining voting machines and other election ministration equipment, quote, have long skimped on security in favor of convenience, leading voting systems across the country prone to security problems. …
Moreover, when state and local officials work on replacing antiquated machines, many continued to run on old software that will soon be outdated and more vulnerable to hackers. … In 2018 alone, voters in South Carolina were reporting machines that switched their votes after they’d inputted them. Scanners were rejecting paper ballots in Missouri and busted machines were causing long lines in Indiana. … Researchers recently uncovered previously undisclosed vulnerabilities in nearly three dozen back-end election systems in 10 States.</blockquote>
Later in the hearing, precipitating Johnson&#8217;s anger, Peters stated:
<blockquote>During the 2016 Election, we saw foreign disinformation campaigns trying to sow doubt about the integrity of our election. We’ve seen that before and very clearly in 2016, and certainly all the intelligence community in this country back that up. In fact, CySA’s rumor control page was actually created within your agency, you mentioned it in your testimony, to address foreign disinformation having an impact on the election. Yet rather than creating fake news, it seems as if Russia has simply used state-controlled news outlets to basically push President Trump’s own statements and lies about a rigged election. Our adversaries don’t have to be technologically-advanced. Our adversaries don’t have to be creative to sow that doubt, all they have to do is air the words of American-elected officials on their state-owned news networks.
As Clint Watts said, he’s a former FBI agent and a disinformation expert, put it, which I think is very strong, and he said, “Nothing that Russia or Iran or China could say, is anywhere near as wild as what the President is saying.” My question is, how are our foreign adversaries taking advantage of false claims of broad election fraud by the President and his supporters, or hearings, like we’re hearing here, we’re hearing these statements again that are broadly claiming systemic irregularities where none exist. How damaging is that?</blockquote>
After former Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Chris Krebs offered some testimony, Johnson addressed Peters directly:
<blockquote>I just have to talk about Russian disinformation because the people pedaling it are not on my side of the aisle. Senior Democrat leaders, including ranking member Peters, were involved in a process of creating a false intelligence product that was mostly classified. They leaked to the media, that accused Senator Grassley, the President pro tem of the Senate, and myself, of accepting and disseminating Russian disinformation from Andrii Derkach, I’d never heard of the person till they brought it up. Senator Peters introduced that false information, Russian disinformation, into our investigation record. 50 people associated with the intelligence community after our Hunter Biden investigation and the revelations of the Hunter Biden computer said, “Oh, this is Russian disinformation.”
Now we find out, no, it’s a real investigation by the Justice Department. So it’s just galling, and I just have to point out, that the purveyors of Russian disinformation, Hillary Clinton’s campaign, the DNC, the Steele dossier, the ranking member Peters, accusing Senator Grassley and I of disseminating Russian disinformation, that’s where the disinformation is coming, that’s where the false information, the lies, the false allegations. I can’t sit by here and listen to this and say that this is not disinformation, this hearing today, this is getting information we have to take a look at to restore confidence in our election integrity. We’re not going to be able to just move on without bringing up these irregularities, examining them, and providing an explanation, and see where there really are problems so we can correct it moving forward. Senator Paul.</blockquote>
Peters jumped in, &#8220;Mr. Chairman, I got to respond to that. You’re saying I’m putting out information.&#8221;
Johnson, bluntly, “Try.” Then this exchange followed:
<blockquote>Peters: Well, one, I had nothing to do with this report you’re talking about.
Johnson: You lied repeatedly.
Peters: I did not …
Johnson: You lied repeatedly in the press that I was spreading Russian disinformation, and that was an outright lie. And I told you to stop lying and you continued to do it.</blockquote>
Peters, as Johnson repeatedly called for Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) to speak: “Mr. Chairman, this is not about airing your grievances. I don’t know what rabbit hole you’re running down …This is simply not what we’re dealing with. … But Mr. Chairman, you can’t make these false allegations and then drop it at there. That is why this — needs to return back to a … This is terrible what you’re doing to this committee and all the great work that you talked about.&#8221;
Johnson, succinctly, &#8220;It is what you have done to this committee.&#8221;
Peters, protesting, &#8220;It is not the case.&#8221;
Johnson, concluding, &#8220;Falsely accusing the Chairman of spreading disinformation, nothing could have been further from the truth and you’re spouting it again, which is why I had to respond.&#8221;
Peters, complaining, &#8220;Oh, come on. Mr. Chairman, this is outrageous, this is outrageous.&#8221;
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