You have some famous charts, Senator, So. This is again, not a surprise. You realize I've proposed a number of pre pandemic levels of spending. They've all been prepared the exact same way. I've taken actual total outlays from 1998 under Clinton, 2014 under President Obama, and then 2019 under President Trump. I've exempted Social Security, Medicare, I've used 2025 numbers for those and interest. But all other spending, I've increased the total outlays by population growth and inflation. (00:25–00:36)
CLAIM
Asserts that Ron Johnson's spending proposals are based on historical outlays from specific years under different presidents.
This is an excerpt from a raw transcript. The assertions have not been audited or verified. Tap the video to view the source footage and understand the context.
