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Gavin Newsom: “Another trillion dollars. The fastest trillion of the debt…”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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Fighting Trump With Truth ft. Ben Meiselas of MeidasTouch

Published | Video Starts at 33:00

I mean it was Trump's first term that added $8 trillion. 8.4 trillion. Get. I'll get that point. I'll raise you. Oh, he's raised it. He just did. Another trillion dollars. The fastest trillion of the debt we've ever seen in US history. Where the hell is the outrage of the Republican Party? Yeah, the deficit right now, king of debt. 7% higher right now, year over year than under former president. (33:00–33:04)

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Asserts that the U.S. added another trillion dollars to the national debt, marking the fastest increase in history.

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