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Mike Johnson: “We were deep in the hole after the four years of Democrat…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 05:32

So what the President, I think will emphasize tonight is that we need patience on this. Again, you don't flip a switch after an election and fix everything overnight. It takes a while. We were deep in the hole after the four years of Democrat governance and we're getting out of it. All right, let's talk about overseas Iran as we sit here today. By some measures, the largest military buildup since the 2003 invasion of Iraq is there in the region in the Middle East. (05:32–05:39)

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Asserts that the country is recovering from the effects of four years of Democrat governance.

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