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kuvhurwa kweMutungamiri Barack Obama muWashington D.C. Akafukidzwa muhomwe yokurara uye mbatya dzinorema kuti adzivirire kubva kunotonhora, Johnson akapinda kuvhurwa nechikwereti chakapihwa naOhio U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown. Muhurukuro dzinoverengeka, Johnson akati pamusoro paMutungamiri Obama, "Ndakamuwana achifadza zvikuru uye akajeka" uye akafanotaura mutungamiri weAmerica wechikadzi wenguva yemberi: "Mwari haazopi varume veAfrica-America zvaasingapi vakadzi".