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Ron Johnson: “Democrats could have, when they had the presidency, the…”

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

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Voter Asks Ron Johnson Why He Voted For Big, Beautiful Bill Despite It Raising National Debt

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That's a price tag of $4 trillion right now. That is the, that's what caused the deficit numbers. But again, on a bipartisan basis, nobody wanted to increase Americans taxes. I mean Democrats could have, when they had the presidency, the House, the Senate, they could have increased taxes on anybody. They could have increased them on the wealthy. You know, they could have punished success as much as they wanted to. They didn't do that. They left the Tax Cut and Jobs act alone. (01:00–01:07)

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Asserts that Democrats had the opportunity to increase taxes when they controlled the presidency, House, and Senate.

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