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Latest Fact-Checks On Ron Johnson

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Ron Johnson
stated on September 26, 2022 in TV ad:
Says Mandela Barnes “supported a 20% increase in the gas tax.”
Half-True
By Laura Schulte • October 6, 2022
Ron Johnson
stated on June 28, 2022 in Twitter:
“Thanks to failed Dem policies, beer is 9.1% more expensive.”
Half-True
By Laura Schulte • July 18, 2022
Ron Johnson
stated on June 12, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Obama-era ban on whole and 2% milk in schools has caused “notable decline” in student milk consumption.
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By Eric Litke • July 12, 2019
Ron Johnson
stated on November 1, 2018 in a radio interview:
“Every couple days we have a caravan size group of people apprehended trying to come into the country illegally, or coming to the ports of entry without documentation.”
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • November 16, 2018
Ron Johnson
stated on January 12, 2018 in an interview:
About 1.1 million people legally enter the U.S. each year as permanent residents — “65 percent of that is some kind of chain migration; 22 percent is diversity lottery, ‘asyling,’ refugees; only about 14, 15 percent has anything to do with work.”  
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By Tom Kertscher • February 2, 2018
Ron Johnson
stated on July 19, 2016 in a speech at the Republican convention:
Says that as a U.S. senator, Russ Feingold “voted against authorizing our military 11 separate times.”
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By Tom Kertscher • July 22, 2016
Ron Johnson
stated on April 29, 2016:
Says he “started” the Pacur plastics manufacturing company he owns.  
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By Tom Kertscher • May 4, 2016
Ron Johnson
stated on February 5, 2016 in a public forum:
Says Barack Obama “has the legal authority to let in really however many refugees he wants, from whatever country.”
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By Tom Kertscher • March 11, 2016
Ron Johnson
stated on January 22, 2016 in a campaign email:
Says Barack Obama’s administration has admitted that money from its Iran nuclear deal “would go directly to terrorism.”
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By Tom Kertscher • January 29, 2016
Ron Johnson
stated on February 18, 2014 in a public meeting:
Even though Chicago has “the most stringent gun laws on the books,” it still “has the highest murder rate” in the country.
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By Tom Kertscher • March 2, 2014
Ron Johnson
stated on December 5, 2013 in an interview:
Under President Obama’s health-care reforms, the premium for “an average plan for a family didn’t go down by $2,500 per year, it’s gone up about $2,500 per year.”
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • December 15, 2013
Ron Johnson
stated on November 17, 2013 in the weekly Republican address:
“Republicans have proposed dozens of (health care) solutions designed to help control costs and improve quality.”
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • November 26, 2013
Ron Johnson
stated on October 10, 2012 in a television interview:
Says President Barack Obama “did not come into office with the economy in a free fall.”
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By James B. Nelson • November 26, 2012
Ron Johnson
stated on December 15, 2011 in a television interview:
“President Obama has increased the federal workforce 192,000 individuals — about 10 percent since he’s taken office — while we’ve lost 2 million jobs.”
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By Dave Umhoefer • December 15, 2011
Ron Johnson
stated on October 10, 2009 in a speech at a tea party rally in Oshkosh:
“Both the state and federal governments make more per gallon in gas taxes than the oil companies make themselves for doing all the work.”
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By Dave Umhoefer • September 3, 2010