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Eric Hovde: “Interest costs on our debt is now the second largest…”

Featuring: Eric Hovde, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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Eric Hovde on Mornings with Maria - March 15, 2024

Published | Video Starts at 04:02

We've added more debt in the last three and a half years than we did in our country's first 230 years. Interest costs on our. I know. Our Interest costs on our debt is now the second largest expenditure to our federal government. It's bigger than our Defense Department. She's been there, voted for every single one of those spending bills. She's supported the Iranian deal, which, as we know how that played out under Obama and now under President Obama. (04:02–04:11)

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