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Ron Johnson draws heat for statements about Social Security

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Republican U.S. Senate Candidate Ron Johnson makes both questionable and false statements about Social Security in one of his T.V. ads.As part of a “Fact Finder” series with We the People Wisconsin, Shawn Johnson has this report.

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