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Poppy Noor

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

The Wisconsin senator Ron Johnson
The Wisconsin senator Ron Johnson. He said on Wednesday: ‘I’ve never really felt it was society’s responsibility to take care of other people’s children.’ Photograph: Rex/Shutterstock

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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