Sen. Ron Johnson:
Well, first of all, I met with the president at the White House yesterday with his economic advisers. They know I have my facts straight. We have got a lot of respect for each other.
Now, I thought it was kind of interesting, in that White House meeting, one of the things that President Trump pointed out was, the Democrats are always unified. They’re always united. And I pointed out to them, well, that’s because they’re doing the easy things. They’re spending money we don’t have. They’re mortgaging our children’s future.
We’re trying to do something hard. And I think the good news is that those of us who are trying to do something hard, we do respect each other. Listen, I’m a big supporter President Trump. I respect Speaker Johnson and leader Thune and Chairman Crapo.
But we are trying to do something very hard. We have had an unprecedented level of spending increase since the start of COVID from $4.4 trillion to $7 trillion. Our deficits under Biden and the Democrats averaged $1.9 trillion per year. It’s very difficult to dial that back.
But, again, we’re trying to do it. I recognize and I sympathize how difficult this is in the House, even in the Senate. I realize I’m kind of not one of the easiest gets here. But, again, my loyalty is to my children and grandchildren. And I believe that’s — that is shared by the president and by the other leaders who are working on this enormously challenging problem.
