Last month, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) summed up the conventional wisdom among too many Republicans when it comes to family policy.
"People decide to have families and become parents, that's something they need to consider when they make that choice," Johnson told a local TV station. "I've never really felt it was society's responsibility to take care of other people's children."
Shannon Osaka, The Washington Post
Madison Colombo, Fox News
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