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Mon Dec 15, 2025, 01:53 PM Dec 15

'GOP's Ron Johnson backs book touting fringe treatment for autism and cancer' [View all]

"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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