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Ron Johnson: “That'll be about $2.5 trillion just to get us into 2026.”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Can't keep spending at emergency pandemic levels: Sen. Ron Johnson | Wake Up America

Published | Video Starts at 04:29

We could extend, increase the debt ceiling to get us by another year. By the way, that's going to be a massive amount. That'll be about $2.5 trillion just to get us into 2026. 20, 26. So again, we should package that together now, get that passed if President Trump's got a twist, few arms in the House, go ahead, let him do that. (04:29–04:34)

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Asserts that increasing the debt ceiling will require about $2.5 trillion to extend into 2026.

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