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Congressman Blake Moore says 2025 deficit fell, criticizes headline that it "soared"
Summary
In a video, Congressman Blake Moore disputed a news headline that described federal deficits as "soaring," citing Bloomberg data he says show the 2025 calendar-year deficit fell by roughly $1.6 trillion and that a single-month spike in December does not indicate a year-long trend.
Congressman Blake Moore criticized a news headline that said federal "deficits soar under Trump," saying the headline emphasized a single month rather than the broader annual picture.
Moore, speaking in a short online video, said he had been "scrolling through some news articles" when one headline caught his attention. "Deficits aren't soaring," he said. Moore said he would share the slide he used in a recent…
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