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Ron Johnson: “Trump had to do deals with Democrats. 810.”

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

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Ron Johnson Criticizes Biden's Economic Policies and Advocates for Spending Reform

Published | Video Starts at 01:27

And unfortunately they also pretty well mortgaged our children's future with massive deficits. President Biden had an average deficit of $1.9 trillion. Obama his last term, 550 billion average deficits. Trump had to do deals with Democrats. 810. Then of course we had the massive bipartisan spending spree in 2020. But we should have come down to a reasonable pre pandemic level of spending and deficits. (01:27–01:30)

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Asserts that Trump had an average deficit of $810 billion due to deals with Democrats.

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