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Catherine Cortez Masto: “Tariffs for the American public are nothing but taxes.”

Featuring: Catherine Cortez Masto, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Nevada

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Published | Video Starts at 00:18

One of the most outrageous examples of this is with his erratic blanket tariffs that he's imposed on our allies and trading partners, as you've heard from my colleague from Delaware talking about. But let me be clear. These Tariffs for the American public are nothing but taxes. Tariffs are taxes. That's what the American people are seeing every single day. And many of them are seeing it first thing in the morning when they have their cup of coffee. (00:18–00:22)

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Asserts that tariffs imposed by the administration are effectively taxes on the American public.

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