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Mike Johnson: “The primary driver of inflation, the reason that the cost of…”

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

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Interview with U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tariff Proposals and Congressional Challenges

Published | Video Starts at 07:03

So what's, what's all part of the plan or what's being discussed in Congress right now to try to offset some of those increase in consumer prices with these tax cuts and other proposals? Well, you know, look, The primary driver of inflation, the reason that the cost of living is so high is because the previous administration spent like drunken sailors. I mean, you know, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for four years just wrote checks that we can't Hardly cash. (07:03–07:11)

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Asserts that the previous administration's spending is the primary driver of inflation.

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