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Mike Johnson: “We're going to be paying more in interest on the debt than…”

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

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Speaker Johnson Joins Life, Liberty & Levin.

Published | Video Starts at 10:26

That would be an absolute disaster for the country, would it not? It would indeed. I mean, we have. Our debt to GDP ratio is higher than it was in World War II now, and We're going to be paying more in interest on the debt than we spend on our national defense. I mean, we can't continue on the trajectory we're on. And so the Republicans in the House and the Senate are working together to, to reverse that trend. (10:26–10:32)

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Asserts that U.S. interest payments on debt will surpass national defense spending.

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