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Ron Johnson: “I fear the real bankrupting of America, not just this debt…”

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

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Senator Johnson with Neil Cavuto

Published | Video Starts at 02:07

You know, when we no longer have the reserve currency, when we can no longer print our way out of this problem and continue to delay this and kick the can down the road. I fear the real bankrupting of America, not just this debt ceiling vote. And I think that that's, you know, people like Stanley Druckenmiller, the piece he wrote in the Wall Street Journal. I think that's the point he was trying to make. (02:07–02:13)

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Asserts that the real threat is the potential bankruptcy of America, not just the debt ceiling vote.

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