Ron Johnson: “President Trump came in, had to deal Democrats and so his…”

“Barack Obama came into office, bumped that up to 1.3 trillion in his first term. And then the Tea Party movement forced him to into discipline. Averaged about 550 in his last four years. President Trump came in, had to deal Democrats and so his bumped up to 800. Then he had Covid $3.1 trillion deficit. Now responsible leadership would have returned to certainly no more than 800 billion, hopefully closer to half a trillion or even balance the budget.” (01:55–02:00)

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