Ron Johnson: “The average deficit was $660 billion in the seven years…”

“Well, first of all, I'll bet you we'll find things dumber than that. But regardless, the problem is we have no support or help from Democrats. None. Of course they're all concerned … The average deficit was $660 billion in the seven years prior to Covid. … the economy recovered and employment returned to normal levels, you would have come, brought that spending deficit down to pre pandemic levels. It's not what Democrats did.” (08:43–08:50)

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