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Ron Johnson: “We went from 4.43, $4.4 trillion in 2019 to 7.3.”

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

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Interview with Senator Ron Johnson on Tariffs and Wisconsin's Economic Concerns

Published | Video Starts at 06:23

Well, I've been primarily focusing on getting his commitment to commit to a pre pandemic level spending, which is a whole nother issue. But from my standpoint, that is the most significant one. We went from 4.43, $4.4 trillion in 2019 to 7.3. Can't justify that level of spending, can't sustain that level of spending. So that's been my primary concentration. What time I've had with the president. Have you not. (06:23–06:29)

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Asserts that U.S. spending increased from $4.4 trillion in 2019 to $7.3 trillion.

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