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Ron Jensen

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Ronald Harold Johnson (English: Ronald Harold Johnson, April 8, 1955 -) is an American businessman and politician who has served as the senior federal senator of Wisconsin since 2011. Johnson is a Republican. He was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2010. He defeated Democratic Senator Lars Fingold who was seeking re-election in the 2010 Wisconsin U.S. Senate election. He defeated Fingold again in 2016 and won the 2016 Wisconsin U.S. Senate election. In 2022, he defeated Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes in the 2022 Wisconsin U.S. Senate election.Before entering politics,He was the CEO of a plastic products manufacturer in Oshkosh, Wis.。 Johnson entered politics because of his opposition to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. He acknowledged that the Tea Party movement helped him enter politics, but he did not consider himself a Tea Party member. When he first entered the Senate, he was well-known for his opposition to government spending and his advocacy of a balanced budget. He once blocked or opposed the budget plans proposed by the two parties on the grounds that the expenditure lacked corresponding funding sources.He also criticized the U.S. social security system,and advocated partial privatization。 Johnson has promoted a variety of political conspiracy theories, including the Biden-Ukraine conspiracy theory, the claim that vaccines cause autism, the 2020 election fraud theory, the Great Replacement theory and the September 11 conspiracy theory.He advocated alternative medicine,and push for the enactment of a right-to-try law,Allow patients to use experimental treatments。 Johnson also advocates toughening the fight against crime and tightening illegal immigration policies, expanding free trade, denying the scientific consensus on climate change, and upholding the right to keep and bear arms. From the second term onwards,johnson and donald·Trump alliance。 As chairman of the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, he chaired investigations into Hillary Clinton, Hunter Biden, and officials involved in the FBI's investigation of the Trump campaign. During his second term, Johnson was also involved in handling Ukraine-U.S. relations, and once regarded Ukraine as an ally against Russia. However, after Russia fully invaded Ukraine in 2022, he believed that Russia's victory was inevitable, and therefore no longer supported providing military assistance to Ukraine. Because of his contacts with Ukrainian officials, Johnson became a key witness in the 2019 Trump-Ukraine scandal and subsequent Trump impeachment, which he described as an attempt to undermine Trump.During the third term,Johnson investigates corruption in federal agencies,and accuse these agencies of trying to

Category
Political figures
Nationality
United States
Born
1955-04-08
Wikidata
Q970272
Occupations politicianmerchantAccountant
Aliases Ron JohnsonRon Jensen

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