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Childcare spending not your responsibility, senator? What fine Republican hypocrisy | Poppy Noor

Ron Johnson doesn’t believe the state should give help to parents – but he’s very keen to stop a woman’s right to choose

Ron Johnson, the US senator for hot takes, famed for such hits as “[the Capitol riot] seemed like a peaceful protest to me” and “mouthwash has been proven to kill the coronavirus”, is at it again. On Wednesday, Johnson, the senior Republican senator from Wisconsin, told local news station WKBT: “People decide to have families and become parents. That’s something they need to consider when they make that choice.”

He continued: “I’ve never really felt it was society’s responsibility to take care of other people’s children.”

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