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Ron Johnson: “We averaged 1.9 trillion over the last four years and we're…”

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

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Senator Ron Johnson Discusses Opposition to Trump's Tax Bill and Fiscal Concerns

Published | Video Starts at 04:35

And I would argue because we haven't had from leadership, not the President, not the speaker, not the Majority leader, we haven't had this discussion of the 10 year massive deficits. The fact that again, We averaged 1.9 trillion over the last four years and we're really not addressing that. we're not bringing that down at all. We're increasing so leadership should start with here's the problem that we have to solve as opposed to the only number that counts is 218 and 51. (04:35–04:40)

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Asserts that the average deficit over the last four years was $1.9 trillion and is not being addressed.

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