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Mike Johnson: “Inflation did not go through the roof, as everybody, you…”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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Speaker Johnson Joins Mornings With Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business

Published | Video Starts at 10:54

We have now fixed that disparity in trade because we have a commander in chief who's bold enough to call it out. And he has. And his bold action is what's gotten us back in a good position on the economy. Inflation did not go through the roof, as everybody, you know, said and expected that it would, because the tariffs. we are, we are moving up. The economic growth numbers are off the charts, literally. The CBO was saying just several months ago they were expecting a 1.8% economic growth rate. (10:54–11:00)

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Asserts that tariffs prevented inflation from rising significantly.

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