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sop

(17,292 posts)
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 01:53 PM Dec 15

'GOP's Ron Johnson backs book touting fringe treatment for autism and cancer'

"The headline on USA Today’s online homepage over the weekend read, 'GOP senator touts book promoting bleach treatment for autism, cancer.' I said to myself, 'Five bucks says it’s Ron Johnson.' "

"Unfortunately, I was right. 'At a time when Americans’ trust in public health agencies is waning, Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, is under fire for promoting a book peddling an unfounded medical theory that bleaching can treat autism and other diseases,' the newspaper reported."

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https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/gops-ron-johnson-backs-book-touting-fringe-treatment-for-autism-and-cancer

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'GOP's Ron Johnson backs book touting fringe treatment for autism and cancer' (Original Post) sop Dec 15 OP
What RoJo knows about autism Jilly_in_VA Dec 15 #1
This man JustAnotherGen Dec 15 #2

Jilly_in_VA

(13,785 posts)
1. What RoJo knows about autism
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 01:56 PM
Dec 15

could be put in a raindrop, looked at under a microscope, and found to have plenty of room to spare.

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