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This man is a United States Senator [1]

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Date: 2023-08-12  

From the Daily Beast

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) went on an epic fear-mongering rant on Friday, telling Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo that COVID-19 was “pre-planned” by unnamed elites with the goal of taking away human rights. “This is all pre-planned by an elite group of people,” Johnson said when discussing the pandemic and vaccines with the right-wing TV host, adding that this group wants “to take total control over our lives.”

I guess it could’ve been worse — he might have said “cosmopolitan, global elite,” as David Brooks wrote back in October.

They are doing this by “massive government spending, increasing the size of government, taking over the WHO.” (Note: Pete Townshend may have something to say about the latter.)

And in addition:

Mr Johnson and Ms Bartiromo also falsely claimed that the US Food and Drug Administration has approved ivermectin to treat Covid-19.

We are beyond Q-Anon territory here.

The Uihleins are certainly getting their money’s worth with this guy. And for another five f#&ing years.

Note — my googling turned up more UK than US searches on this. Nothing in the NY Times yet.

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