When I ran in 2010, we were $14 trillion in debt. We experienced our first trillion dollar deficit. Now we're $37 trillion in debt. Our deficit's approaching $2 trillion and it'll remain that high as far as the eye can see unless we reset the federal spending to a reasonable pre-pandemic level. which is what I'm fighting for right now. But radical leftism has put America down a path toward destruction in so many different ways. Culturally. (02:16–02:27)
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Asserts that the U.S. deficit is nearing $2 trillion and will stay high without spending cuts.
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