Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) falslely claimed on News Nation that “tens of thousands of people died” from the COVID vaccine, which has been debunked numerous times by FactCheck.org, Public Health Collaborative, and PolitiFact.
Q: You said this is the biggest scandal of your time. Bigger than Watergate?
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 11, 2026
RON JOHNSON: By far. I mean, nobody died in Watergate. Tens of thousands of people died from that covid injection. pic.twitter.com/zK9JAykuSm
(Sources: News Nation, FactCheck.org, Public Health Collaborative, PolitiFact)
