GOP Senator: We Face A ‘Real And Present Danger’ Of ISIL Using Ebola

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., announces that he has filed a lawsuit to block the federal government from helping to pay for health care coverage for members of Congress and their staffs, during a news conference on Capit... Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., announces that he has filed a lawsuit to block the federal government from helping to pay for health care coverage for members of Congress and their staffs, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Jan. 6, 2014. Johnson says that members of Congress and their staffs are getting special treatment under the health care law. The lawsuit would would force Congress and its staffers to purchase their insurance from the federal health care exchanges without exemptions carved out by the Office of Personnel Management. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) MORE LESS
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Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) said during a Wednesday interview with NewsmaxTV that he’s concerned the Islamic State may use Ebola as a weapon against the U.S.

The interviewer referenced comments made by a professor of national security affairs who last week said he feared that ISIS fighters could use Ebola as a weapon if they infected themselves and traveled to the U.S.

“Well, it’s certainly something I’ve been thinking about ever since this Ebola outbreak started,” Johnson said. “You really don’t even want to think about. You don’t even really want to talk about, but we should do everything possible to defend ourselves against that possibility because I think that is a real and present danger.”

FBI Director James Comey said on Thursday there was no evidence that terrorists such as ISIL would use Ebola in biological warfare.

h/t BuzzFeed

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  1. Avatar for sooner sooner says:

    Yup Yup Yup

    Surprised he did not utter the benefits of inoculating a few hundred sheep and goats with EbolaGhazi and then dropping them into ISIL controlled territory.

    I asked some local barnyard animals about this…

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlYlNF30bVg
  2. Operation “Scare Granny to the Polls” is in effect!!!

  3. That’s a comical attempt to link the current two hypes into one hype. But now that Johnson has laid out the plan perhaps ISIL will take his recommendation.

  4. OK, try this: I am “concerned” that Wisconsin cheese producers will put arsenic in the cheese. No REASON to think that. “I’m just sayin’’”

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