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John Cornyn: “Our Democratic friends are the party of government. They got…”

Featuring: John Cornyn, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Those are simply crimes, and I would hope that much is obvious. It's certainly understandable and perhaps inevitable that some people will disagree about reducing government spending. Our Democratic friends are the party of government. They got us 40 year high inflation because during the last four years we've seen an unprecedented expenditure of taxpayer dollars, which is inherently inflationary. And every single American has seen an increase in their cost of living and a decreased in, in their quality of life because they're paying about 21% more today than they did four years ago. (09:23–09:41)

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Asserts that Democratic policies led to 40-year high inflation due to unprecedented government spending.

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