Ron Johnson Is Unhappy With The Deficit He Helped Create
Credit: DonkeyHotey
August 22, 2026

When the news broke that the national deficit hit the $40 trillion mark, Sen Ron Johnson went on Xitter to condemn it, saying that we are "mortgaging our children's future" and calling it "immoral."

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He issued his condemnation while quote-tweeting a post from Fox that pointed out that $11.5 trillion of that, or about one-fourth of it, was due to Trump. The Fox post also included a chart showing how the deficit climbed over the years. Keep in mind that RoJo was first sworn into office in January 2011. At the time, the deficit was less than $15 trillion. This means that over $25 trillion was added to the deficit during his watch.

What the hell was he doing during all that time? Well, a handy community note explains that $3.4 trillion was added when RoJo voted for the One Big Bullshit Bill.

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This doesn't include the trillions added by the 2017 GOP Tax Scam.

RoJo isn't the solution. He's part of the problem. He's just too dumb to know it.

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