Any rational or responsible leader after Covid, once the economy recovered and employment returned to normal levels, you would have come, brought that spending deficit down to pre pandemic levels. It's not what Democrats kept spending at $6.5 trillion, then up to 7 [trillion], average deficit of $1.9 trillion. So Democrats, you know, they'll be hypocrites and say, oh boy, Republicans, you got to bring that deficit down. (09:01–09:07)
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Asserts that Democrats maintained spending levels at $6.5 trillion, increasing to $7 trillion, with an average deficit of $1.9 trillion.
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