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Mike Johnson: “We had the greatest economy in the history of the world…”

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

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Speaker Johnson Joins The Takeout With Major Garrett

Published | Video Starts at 11:23

And I believe they will, I know they will. We did that in the first Trump administration. This is not theory. We cut taxes and cut regulations and We had the greatest economy in the history of the world prior to Covid. So barring some unforeseen circumstance like that, I'm convinced the American people are going to be doing much better. And we'll see the results Let the results speak for themselves. (11:23–11:27)

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Asserts that the U.S. economy was the strongest in history before the COVID-19 pandemic.

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