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Ron Johnson: “This is the worst economic recovery since World War II…”

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

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Sen Johnson Discusses GDP Report on CNBC

Published | Video Starts at 00:34

The ball is in their court. So this is, first of all, the President, President should have been providing some leadership over the last couple of years and he simply hasn't. But no, This is the worst economic recovery since World War II, clocking in over 12 months or 12/4 of only 6.7% total GDP growth. Under Ronald Reagan, his first 12/4 of recovery was 17.7%. So these are miserable economic growth numbers. The trend is the wrong way. It's going down. (00:34–00:46)

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Asserts that the current economic recovery is the worst since World War II with only 6.7% GDP growth over 12 months.

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