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Ron Johnson: “A $7.3 trillion total expenditure for this year is insane.”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Published | Video Starts at 03:44

If we do that, there's at least a half a trillion dollars that we're spending higher at higher levels than we did 2019. Inflated for population inflation. Again, government spending is completely out of control. A $7.3 trillion total expenditure for this year is insane. It's not justified. We need, we need to return to a pre pandemic level. But Elizabeth Warren, Democrats are sheer demagoguery, sheer rhetoric. This is basically what they spent, what they voted on for 2024 spending. (03:44–03:49)

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