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Ron Johnson: “America has $19 trillion worth of debt.”

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

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Sen. Johnson on CNN's New Day

Published | Video Starts at 00:31

I think what you really need to take a look at is the Saudi reaction. They're talking about selling potentially $750 billion of US government bonds. There's the problem that America has $19 trillion worth of debt. And you have that debt held by foreign governments like the Saudis, like the China, like China. That could really do some real, real economic harm. (00:31–00:34)

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Asserts that the United States has $19 trillion in national debt.

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