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Mike Rogers: “The interest payment on the national debt is now larger than…”

Featuring: Mike Rogers, Conservative | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Michigan

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Senate Candidate Mike Rogers Speaks at Trump Event in Potterville, Michigan

Published | Video Starts at 01:18

We imported more food last year. Then we exported in America. For the first time ever, we built more foreign autos in America than we built domestic autos in America. There's a first. The interest payment on the national debt is now larger than the entire Department of Defense budget. There's a first. The average credit card holder for America has almost quadrupled, just surpassed $1 trillion in credit card debt across America. There's a first. Never been done. (01:18–01:28)

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