Johnson's campaign sent a press release following Thursday's debate calling the senator the 'clear winner.'
That comment elicited loud boos from the crowd as Johnson tried to continue with his remarks.
Earlier in the debate, Johnson elicited some laughter from the crowd when he said it had cost more money not to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border than it would have cost to build it.set me up with a corrupt briefing and then leaked that to smear me" in response to criticism from Barnes. In 2020, the FBI briefed Johnson that he was the target of a disinformation effort by Moscow aimed at making the senator useful to Russia. Johnson confirmed toOn Thursday, Johnson said he has been"trying to uncover and expose"Following the debate, the Johnson campaign issued a press release calling the senator the"clear winner" of the second debate.
"The policies Barnes supports are dangerous for Wisconsin—a fact Johnson repeatedly pointed out during the debate tonight," the senator's campaign said.The Barnes campaign is already fundraising off the back of Johnson's debate performance, with the lieutenant governor's"@RonJohnsonWI had a tough night...so we made this shirt to cheer him up," the tweet said.
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