John Neely Kennedy: “Republicans want to spend anywhere from 20 to 25, 27% more…”

“I mean, look around. He is, of course, correct. He's asked for 42%. It's going to be tough in regular order to do that amount. But Republicans want to spend anywhere from 20 to 25, 27% more in the budget on defense. on defense. My Democratic friends in the Senate, and they are, my friends, have said privately, that's swell, we want to spend an additional amount of money on welfare.” (02:00–02:10)

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