Washington, D.C. loves power couples and there is none more powerful than Senator Ron Johnson and the big pharmaceutical companies that bankroll him. They do everything for each other, and it’s exactly what you’d expect from a relationship between a Senator with a never-ending appetite to do the bidding of his wealthy donors and the corporate special interests looking to buy votes:
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Senator Johnson blocked an investigation into a big pharmaceutical company for their role in exacerbating the opioid crisis.
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That same company then spent thousands of dollars to re-elect Johnson.
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Johnson recently voted against lowering the cost of prescription drugs, so Big Pharma could keep gouging Wisconsin families and keep their profits up.
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He defended that vote by lamenting how helping lower costs for working families in Wisconsin would hurt Big Pharma.
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Big Pharma companies lined Johnson’s pockets with cash, giving him $66,000 since the start of 2021.
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