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Ron Johnson Slams Russ Feingold On Overreach On 2nd Amendment Rights
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Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson slammed former Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold on his inconsistencies on gun rights in a new digital ad released Tuesday.
Johnson said while Feingold says he will protect the Second Amendment, his has voted multiple times in favor of pro-gun control Supreme Court justices.
WATCH:
“Sen. Feingold promises to protect those rights, but that’s not what his record shows,” Johnson says in the 30-second spot where he’s depicted loading a shot gun in a khaki shirt. “During his 18-year Senate career, he supported judges who voted to deny your individual Second Amendment right, and he’d do it again if elected to a fourth term. One more liberal justice will flip the court.”
Feingold supported the conformation of both Justice Sonia Sotomayor in 2009 and Justice Elena Kagan in 2010.
Kagan was heavily involved in former President Bill Clinton’s efforts to restrict Second Amendment rights in the 1990s, while Sotomayer opposed indivi
Johnson assured he would vote against the conformation of any judicial nominees that don’t support gun rights.
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