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Mark Pocan: “They probably can't go into debt like last time because…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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Can Democrats Start Shadow Government To Oppose Trump w Mark Pocan.

Published | Video Starts at 01:47

… Zuckerberg, and just to extend what they already did for the wealthiest in the last Trump administration. That's $4 trillion over 10 years. So that's why they won't raise revenue. They probably can't go into debt like last time because there's enough Republicans that might not go along with that. So they have to cut programs. And that's why Elon Musk is going around doing what he's doing, making sure that he's grifting along the way because he's gonna protect programs. (01:47–01:53)

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Asserts that Republicans may not support increasing debt as they did previously.

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