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Ron Johnson: “They could have rescinded any part of the Tax Cut and Jobs…”

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Senator Ron Johnson's Wisconsin Town Hall: Addressing Federal Spending, Medicaid, and Immigration Concerns

Published | Video Starts at 02:39

Also had to point out that when Democrats had the same situation, the presidency, the House and Senate in 2021, 22, as much as they complained about we were cutting taxes for the wealthy, we didn't. We just didn't increase taxes on people. They could have rescinded any part of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act. They didn't do that. They just kept massively spending and incurring on average about $1.9 trillion in deficit. So again, on a bipartisan basis, nobody wanted to increase taxes on a bipartisan basis. (02:39–02:45)

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