Tom Tiffany: “We had like a $3 billion deficit in 2010.”

“All the rest of Those things, that's got to be music to your ears, right? It is. It's part of the reason that I ran for the state legislature. We had like a $3 billion deficit in 2010. And I told people, I said, this is part of the reason I'm running. In fact, my opponent made fun of me, saying the people don't care about budget deficits.” (09:53–09:57)

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