Ron Johnson: “Obama, he averaged about $900 billion a year deficit.”

“Yeah. And again, I don't think the numbers are that complicated. Just lay them out. $22 trillion of additional deficit spending. That's a rosy scenario. That's $2.2 trillion per year. Obama, he averaged about $900 billion a year deficit. Trump before the pandemic was about 800 billion, but binds up to almost $1.9 trillion average deficit, clearly unsustainable. We got to get back to a reasonable level.” (49:35–49:39)

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