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Ron Johnson: “I don't want to undermine [President Trump's] leverage so…”

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

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Senator Ron Johnson's Wisconsin Town Hall: Addressing Federal Spending, Medicaid, and Immigration Concerns

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So it just doesn't filter through the economy and it doesn't keep happening. So I'm less concerned about the overall 10% tariff as I am just about the negotiations that President Trump is engaged in. Personally, I don't want to undermine [President Trump's] leverage so that he can conclude these trade deals as quickly as possible. and we can provide that certainty. Just like, by the way, taking a massive automatic tax increase off the table returned a lot of certainty to our economy. (32:16–32:21)

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