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

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Catherine Cortez Masto Grills Trump Fed Nom Miran Over CNN Interview Defending Trump's Tariffs

Published | Video Starts at 04:19

Okay, so your question is a yes, tariffs or taxes. My answer is that any economic policy can be modeled as such. Under the last administration, we saw a surge in manufacturing jobs and construction with the US Economy adding over a half million manufacturing jobs and construction of factories doubling. Unfortunately, under this administration we have seen the exact opposite. In August, the US Manufacturing sector contracted for the sixth consecutive month due to Trump's tariffs and chaotic trade policy. (04:19–04:30)

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Asserts that there was significant growth in manufacturing jobs and factory construction under the previous administration.

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