Our Own Senator Clueless: Ron Johnson Brutally Rationalizes Family Separations While Flanked By Photos Of Him With His Family

Posted By: Mark Taylor June 25, 2018

By David Edwards
The Raw Story (6/24/18)

Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson (R) on Sunday rationalized the separations of immigrant families by blaming former President Barack Obama’s administration.

During an interview on CNN’s State of the Union, host Jake Tapper pointed out to Johnson that experts have said that Obama’s deferred action program for undocumented immigrants is not responsible for a rise in immigration. Instead, Tapper pointed to a rise in violence in Central America.

Johnson replied from what appeared to be a home office, where he was flanked by a photograph of what appeared to be a white family — presumably his. …

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