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Brian Schatz: “According to the Trump administration, electricity prices…”

Featuring: Brian Schatz, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Hawaii

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Here's 5 ways Donald Trump is raising your prices, right now.

Published | Video Starts at 00:41

It's because the President thought it would be a good idea to slap tariffs, which are a tax on everything that comes into the country. Everything that comes into the country, and you are paying for it. Number two, electricity. According to the Trump administration, electricity prices are rising this year at double the rate of inflation. Double the rate of inflation. So what does Donald Trump have to do with that? Well, well, electricity demand is soaring, and Donald Trump has effectively implemented a ban on solar energy. (00:41–00:49)

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Asserts that electricity prices are increasing at twice the rate of inflation, according to the Trump administration.

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