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Ron Johnson: “The public does need to understand why a dollar they held at…”

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

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Sen. Ron Johnson on Saving America from Bankruptcy and Electing a New Speaker | Clay & Buck

Published | Video Starts at 05:43

You know what I mean? It just feels like we're chasing our tail with this a lot of the time. Well, The public does need to understand why a dollar they held at the start of the Biden administration is only worth 85 cents. It's a massive deficit spending. So the public has to be educated. They need to support people like Jim Jordan to become speaker. (05:43–05:50)

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Reiterates that inflation has reduced the value of a dollar to 85 cents since the start of the Biden administration.

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