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Joe Kent: “We are $35 trillion in debt.”

Featuring: Joe Kent, Far-right, America First | Former Candidate, U.S. House Washington, District 3

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Know Your Candidates 2024: Joe Kent, U.S. Congress, Washington District 3

Published | Video Starts at 04:44

So we need to strengthen the Abraham Accords. We need to help with our diplomacy. We have to be very, very judicious on how much money we're giving to foreign countries because We are $35 trillion in debt. Before we prioritize our own people, we can't prioritize other nations. But thankfully Israel has a better debt to GDP ratio than we do. (04:44–04:48)

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Asserts that the U.S. national debt is $35 trillion.

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