Washington, D.C. – Senator Johnson made the following statement today on Senator Harry Reid’s outrageous comments on the Senate floor:

“Today Senator Reid stood on the floor of the Senate and called thousands of Wisconsinites liars.

“Here are his exact words about Obamacare:   ”There’s plenty of horror stories being told. All of them are untrue.”  Watch the video here. Senator Reid’s statement is not only shockingly offensive, it is ignorant and irresponsible.

“This is an astounding and offensive statement.  I have heard directly from hundreds of individuals, families, and businesses in Wisconsin who are being truly harmed by the law – premiums increasing by several hundred percent or the health plans that they liked and wanted to keep are being lost. 

“It is shocking, even in today’s crass political climate, that the leader of the Senate Democrats would have the audacity to say outright that those real people with real stories are all liars.  An apology is in order.  And if Senator Reid truly believes what he says, then he needs to step outside of the Washington, D.C., bubble to listen and see what is really happening in this country.”

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