Is there any reasonable Democrat left in Washington, D.C. now when it comes to. Reducing spending, we'll get no help whatsoever. I mean, they're complaining about the deficit now, but you know, they're the ones that In four years, the average deficit of 1.9 trillion, when again, prior to the pandemic, the average was 660 billion. So by the way, when they have the similar situation, they were using budget reconciliation, they could have increased taxes on anybody. They didn't. They could have repealed the Tax Cut and Jobs Act. (12:18–12:25)
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Asserts that the average deficit increased to 1.9 trillion from 660 billion prior to the pandemic.
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