You know, notice what they're not concerned about is the fact that in 2019, we spent $4.4 trillion, and now for the last five years, we've averaged $6.5 trillion. We've increased the size of government by $2.1 trillion on average, and right now we're spending about 7 trillion. So that's $2.6 trillion higher. Democrats have no concern about that. What they're concerned about is a dispute over did they properly transfer money within the Defense Department to build the fence to keep America secure. (02:20–02:27)
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