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WI’s 45th Lt. Governor. Founder of the @LongRunPAC . President of @powertothepolls Runner, struggling plant dad, and believer in opportunity for all. He/him.

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Mandela Barnes
1 year
Once an organizer, always an organizer. Excited to continue the work of driving turnout in my home, Milwaukee, by investing in ensuring their voices are heard.
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Ron Johnson? The guy who celebrated overturning Roe v. Wade? Yeah, I am going to beat him in November.
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7 points ahead of Ron Johnson in the General. 14 points ahead of Ron Johnson with Independent voters. 83 days to flip this seat. You ready to get it done?
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My name is Mandela Barnes. I am leading Ron Johnson by 7 points in the General and by 14 points amongst Independents. And this fall, I am going to flip this seat and make the Senate work for working people.
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My name is Mandela Barnes. I am Wisconsin’s Democratic Nominee for Senate. And in 90 days, I am going to beat Ron Johnson and bring our fight for working people to DC.
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There are 700,000 people living in Washington D.C. who are not represented in the US Congress. Washington D.C. should be the 51st state. Period.
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Thank you. This is the honor of a lifetime. Now, we take the fight to Ron Johnson. We’re going to the Senate to rebuild the middle class. We’re going to protect the right to choose. We’re going to fight to make the American Dream an American reality. Are you with me?
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Hey @JohnFetterman …from one bald dude running for Senate to another, happy birthday! Don’t forget to sunscreen that dome.
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YOUR body, YOUR choice…I don’t care what the GOP says. There is no room for government in your doctor’s office.
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If we haven’t met yet, my name is Mandela Barnes, and I am going to be the 51st vote we need in the Senate to make real change and protect our democracy.
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I’m Mandela Barnes. I’m pro-union. Pro-choice. Pro-middle class. Pro-farmers. Pro-democracy. Pro-make it in America. I’m everything Ron Johnson is not. And I’m going to send him packing in November.
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My name is Mandela Barnes. In 95 days, I am going to beat Ron Johnson and FLIP THIS SEAT so we can finally make real change for working people.
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Ron Johnson is the guy who wants to slash Social Security and Medicare. I’m the guy who’s going to beat him.
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Joe Manchin just shut down a bill that would’ve created thousands of good jobs and helped to tackle the climate crisis. Make no mistake, this is what’s on the line in November. We need a 51st vote to make change for working people — and that’s exactly what I’ll be.
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If Democrats didn’t show up in Georgia last year, we would have never been able to say the words Justice Brown Jackson today. Don't let anyone tell you we don’t have something to fight for right now. Everything is on the line.
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Mandela Barnes
2 years
I hear November 8th is going to be a beautiful day to send Ron Johnson packing.
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Mandela Barnes
5 years
A kid got killed at school yesterday, but abortion is what people want to ban??? That is sick! Kendrick Castillo died a hero and his right to life was ignored.
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Mandela Barnes
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30 DAYS until we say goodbye to lying, self-serving Ron Johnson and make real change in this state and in this nation. You with me?
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Good morning, Wisconsin. It’s a beautiful day to change the nation.
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Ron Johnson just blocked a bill to cap insulin costs at $35 a month. No one should have to choose between a medication their life depends on and putting food on the table. But Ron Johnson doesn’t care—he’s bought and paid for by the pharma lobby.
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Wisconsin, thank you. Running this race was the honor of a lifetime. We knew this fight wasn’t going to be easy. Nothing worth fighting for ever is. Regardless of the outcome, I will always have your back, just like you’ve had mine.
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41 Republican Senators can block our rights and freedoms at any time. That doesn’t sound like democracy to me.
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Good morning. Who’s ready to flip this seat?
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I won’t be lectured about respecting voters by a pro-insurrectionist Senator.
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Showing their lack of respect for voters and the democratic process, the power brokers of the Democrat party have now cleared the field for their most radical left candidate. Socialist policies have produced this mess, & a radical left Senator from Wisconsin is not the solution.
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Good morning, Wisconsin. Who's ready to beat Ron Johnson?
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if you don’t support a woman’s right to choose, you don’t belong in office. it’s that simple 🤷🏾‍♂️
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Ron Johnson just said that Medicare negotiating prices is “punishing the pharmaceutical industry.” He is in the pocket of Big Pharma and he doesn’t even try to hide it. Meanwhile, people are forced to spend thousands of $$$ a year on medications just to survive.
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Ron Johnson? The guy who aided fake electors in trying to overturn the 2020 election? Yeah, he’s gotta go and I’m the one who’s going to beat him.
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Mandela Barnes
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Ron Johnson? He turned his back on us for 12 YEARS. So this November, we are turning our backs on him.
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My mom’s choice to have an abortion protected her health and her family. That is a decision that every single woman should be able to make.
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Hey, Wisconsin…you ready to say goodbye to lying, self-serving, out-of-touch Ron Johnson and make real change in this state?
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Hey Ron, it’s pretty simple. If you’re not a woman or her doctor, you’ve got NOTHING to say about her health decisions. 🙅🏾‍♂️
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Ron Johnson said that women who don’t like their state’s abortion ban can move… How about this? This November, Wisconsin women will move you right out of the Senate, Ron.
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So I’ve scoured Ron Johnson’s resume and I can’t find anywhere where it says doctor…so I have no idea why the hell he thinks he has any say in what decisions a woman makes about her own reproductive health.
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Mandela Barnes
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I do believe in the American Dream — because President @BarackObama proved that it was possible. Honored to share the stage with him tonight.
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Hey Ron…if you’re gonna keep faking that you’re the law and order candidate…you probably shouldn’t accuse the FBI of setting you up with a fake briefing in order to smear you again…
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Ron Johnson took $1.2million from the gun lobby and then went on Fox news and blamed school shootings on “teaching wokeness"....... I'm Mandela Barnes. And I'm the guy that's going to beat him in November.
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My name is Mandela Barnes, and on November 8th, 2022, I am going to take Ron Johnson’s Senate seat.
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Mandela Barnes
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Good morning and welcome to the Shit Show! Today’s episode has been produced by the Supreme Court and directed by the incomparable Speaker and Senate Majority leader duo. Buckle up, this one’s sure to disappoint!
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Mandela Barnes
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My name is Mandela Barnes. I am the son of Jesse Barnes, UAW Local 1866, and LaJuan Barnes, MTEA. And this kid from a union home is going to the Senate to fight like hell for working people.
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Right now, 41 Republican Senators can block your rights and freedoms whenever they want. We have to expand the Senate majority this fall. Our future is on the ballot.
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Mandela Barnes
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2023 is the year that multimillionaires and billionaires pay their fair share. I’m going to the Senate to make sure of it.
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Mandela Barnes
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Imagine trying to overturn an election and then thinking you are *still* fit to run for office again. Ron Johnson is a danger and a disgrace – so in 94 days, I'm sending him packing.
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Ron Johnson? That guy who tried to use fake electors in 2020 to destroy our democratic processes? Yeah, he’s gotta go, and I’m the one who is going to send him packing.
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Mandela Barnes
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When we kick Ron Johnson out of office tomorrow, we will be one HUGE step closer to restoring reproductive rights. We are going to get this DONE.
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My name is Mandela Barnes and in 55 days, I am going to become the 51st vote we need to make real change in this country.
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Mandela Barnes
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People mistake inconvenience for oppression, and what that does is minimize the real pain and historical trauma that actually oppressed communities deal with. That's what we call privilege.
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Mandela Barnes
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My name is Mandela Barnes, and this November, I am going to become the final vote that we need to fix our broken Senate.
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My favorite number? 51. Because this fall, I’ll become the 51st vote we need in the Senate to pass fair tax laws, restore Roe, and rebuild our middle class.
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If you are a Senator who will not stand up and fight for the right to choose, you do not deserve to hold office. And yes, Ron Johnson, we are absolutely looking at you.
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Mandela Barnes
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Ron Johnson — a multimillionaire who literally complained about only doubling his wealth as our Senator — said last night there should be NO federal limit on how low your wages can go.
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Mandela Barnes
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I’m tired of families like mine getting left in the dust by self-serving, multimillionaire Ron Johnson…and I know you are too. 29 days until we change that.
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Mandela Barnes
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Your body = your choice. And anyone who doesn’t believe that does not deserve to be a senator. …looking at you, Ron Johnson.
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If we haven’t met yet, hi 👋🏾 My name is Mandela Barnes, and in 23 days, I am going to send Ron Johnson packing.
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If we haven’t met yet, my name is Mandela Barnes. And when I’m in the Senate, the middle class is getting a tax cut and the billionaires are going to pay their fair share.
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Have you noticed Ron Johnson has been trying to rebrand himself? It won’t work, Ron. You can’t erase the 12 years you spent serving your own interests and abandoning working people in Wisconsin.
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If we haven’t met yet (and maybe this is the first time you’re seeing me 📺), my name is Mandela Barnes and I’m the guy that’s going to beat Ron Johnson and make real change for working people in the country. #WISen
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Glad Social Security is trending...because if @RonJohnsonWI had his way, it would have disappeared.
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Mandela Barnes
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The right for a person to marry who they love should be a no brainer. The right to make a decision with your doctor about your reproductive health should be a no brainer. Ron Johnson refuses to codify either into law. He's trying to rip away rights and freedoms. We won't let him.
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Hey Wisconsin…you ready to cross the finish line together tomorrow and WIN?
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Ron Johnson had 12 years to fight for Wisconsinites and he abandoned us at every turn. That time is OVER. It’s OUR time now.
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…why does Ron Johnson think he has the right to serve in the Senate when he tried to destroy our democracy?
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Ron Johnson is the guy who wants to slash Social Security and Medicare. I’m the guy who is going to beat him.
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Soo Ron Johnson wants to put Social Security on the chopping block…but somehow found a way to give himself and his wealthy donors millions of dollars in tax breaks??? 🧐🧐
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I’m for Wisconsin. Ron Johnson is for whoever the hell donates millions of $$$ to keep him in power.
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We’re going to show up in every single county and every single community. No door will go un-knocked and no voice unheard.
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Say it louder for the people in the back. Everyone deserves to live as they are and love who they love.
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Our daughters and granddaughters deserve so much better than Ron Johnson’s anti-choice, anti-women Wisconsin.
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We are living in Ron Johnson’s Wisconsin, where little girls will grow up as second-class citizens with fewer rights than their mothers and grandmothers had. I won’t let it stand.
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Let’s call it like it is: by refusing to vote in favor of marriage equality, Ron Johnson is spewing hatred and destroying families. He's not fit to be Senator.
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Ron Johnson said that women who don’t like their state’s abortion laws can just move... How about this, Ron? We’ll move YOU right out of the Senate and make Roe the law of the land again.
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2022 is the year that a rogue SCOTUS made women second-class citizens. 2023 is the year that we expand our Senate majority, restore Roe, and make sure that never happens again.
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Ron Johnson supported a ban on abortion in cases of rape, incest, or to save a woman’s life. His cruelty is disqualifying…he has no right to be our senator. #wisen
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When I’m the 51st vote we need in the Senate, I am going to make sure that billionaires pay their fair share, the middle class gets a tax cut, and everyone gets their fair shot at the American Dream.
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When I go to DC, I’m coming back with good union jobs for Wisconsin.
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Don’t worry, Ron…when we send you packing, at least you can still fly down to your family mansion in Florida on that private plane you gave yourself a tax break for…
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5 DAYS to go…and we got BIG momentum, Wisconsin! Let’s win this thing 😤
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Losing Roe is something that impacts ALL OF US…so even if you’re not personally affected by lack of abortion access, this is your fight too.
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The last thing that middle-class people need is six more years of Ron Johnson, the billionaires’ best friend.
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Ron Johnson’s suggestion to cut Social Security would put the benefits of nearly 1 million retirees in Wisconsin at risk. He has no respect for elderly Wisconsinites. He has no respect for anyone – except, of course, the special interest donors who line his pockets.
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Ron Johnson is the guy who wants to rip away reproductive rights and drag us back to 1849. I’m the guy who’s going to stop him.
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If Ron Johnson wants to slash Social Security and Medicare, he’s going to have to go through us to do it. And we will fight tooth and nail until our seniors get the benefits they deserve.
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Ron Johnson signed onto a total abortion ban WITHOUT exceptions for rape or incest…he’s completely out of step with Wisconsin. So in 27 days, we’re voting him out.
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Wisconsin, I will never stop fighting for you. Now, let’s send Ron Johnson packing.
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Ron Johnson is the guy who is trying to slash Social Security and Medicare. I’m the guy who’s going to the Senate to save it.
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Fixed it for you @RonJohnsonWI
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9 days until Wisconsin has two senators who fight for working people…you ready?
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Abortion access. Marriage equality. A living wage. Common sense gun reform. They are all on the ballot this November. And I won’t stop fighting until our rights and freedoms are secured.
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The day that my fellow Senators and I cast our votes and end the filibuster will be a proud one for our democracy.
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The time of Ron Johnson and the GOP leaving us in the dust is over. This is OUR time.
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So Ron Johnson is anti-choice and votes against child care…which, when you do the math, means he just wants to strip you of your rights and then abandon you and your family.
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Our seniors deserve social security and medicare. Period. End of story. I won’t let Ron Johnson and the GOP put them on the chopping block.
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No, Ron Johnson, ripping abortion access away from women isn’t “a little messy." It’s a complete loss of the basic right to make a decision about your own health. And since he doesn’t seem to get that…we are voting him out.
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Ron Johnson backed EIGHT abortion bans, including those without exceptions for rape or incest… because Ron Johnson cares more about himself than the lives of the people who elected him.
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6 weeks to make history and make our Senate work for us…you ready???
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Ron Johnson doesn’t have to worry about retirement because he's doubled his wealth while in office. But the rest of us need Social Security and Medicare – and we won’t let him take them away.
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If we haven’t met yet, my name is Mandela Barnes. And when I go to the Senate, I am going to be the 51st vote we need to rebuild our middle class and make real change in this country.
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So Ron Johnson blew a $2 trillion dollar hole in the deficit to give tax cuts to billionaires… and then he voted AGAINST funding for our preschools… Ron’s priorities are clear. And on November 8th, he’ll answer for them.
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Facts about Ron Johnson!... *He cosponsored EIGHT federal abortion bans.... *He backed bans without exceptions for rape/incest *He supports judges that favor restricting access to contraception If he's re-elected he'll continue stripping reproductive freedoms. He's got to go.
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ONE MONTH OUT. Wisconsin, we’ve been in this fight together for 14 months…and now we’ll cross the finish line together and send Ron packing.
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