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On the recordJanuary 18, 2023
But it's interesting that you raised this point, because one of the people, who's now urging Republicans, to hang tough, and use it as leverage, to reverse everything Democrats did, in the last two years, is Donald Trump, who added $8 trillion to the deficit, to the debt.
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David Axelrod
Democratic · Illinois

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Axelrod highlights Trump's role in urging Republicans to leverage the debt ceiling negotiations.

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