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Vivek Ramaswamy: “This is $3.9 trillion added to the federal deficit.”

Featuring: Vivek Ramaswamy, Libertarian, Conservative | Former Candidate, President of the United States | National

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Vivek Ramaswamy Discusses National Debt and Financial Independence on Fox News

Published | Video Starts at 01:23

Well, I mean, I'm always shocked when people are shocked that Washington never wants to cut spending. Have you not seen what they've done? And This is $3.9 trillion added to the federal deficit. And what I think some Republicans hope wishful thinking perhaps, but maybe some of it's true, is they hope there's going to be so much investment that that's going to override this concern about the deficit. (01:23–01:30)

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