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Mike Johnson: “Job participation rate was an all time high, poverty at an…”

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

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Mike Johnson Discusses Republican Legislation, Medicaid Cuts, and Iran Strikes

Published | Video Starts at 07:07

We are going to win the midterms and grow the majority because people are going to feel the effects. As I mentioned, in that first Trump administration, we had the greatest economy in the history of the world. Job participation rate was an all time high, poverty at an all time low, wages rising for every demographic in America. We're going to do that again, but this time on steroids because this is a larger bill with more of those pro growth policies and everyone will feel it. (07:07–07:14)

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Asserts that during the Trump administration, job participation was at an all-time high, poverty at an all-time low, and wages rose for every demographic.

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