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On the recordMay 24, 2023
They've raised the debt ceiling, if I recall correctly, three times under Trump and by the way, we raised our national debt by something like a trillion dollars over that period.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont
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Editor's note · Context

Sanders points out the inconsistency in Republican behavior regarding the debt ceiling under different administrations.

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