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Chris Murphy: “It would be not billionaires and big corporations that would…”

Featuring: Chris Murphy, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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Senator Murphy on Iran War: Everything is More Expensive Because of Trump

Published | Video Starts at 07:35

… wage a full scale war on Iran because they knew one of the consequences would be the meltdown of the American economy and the meltdown of the global economy and It would be not billionaires and big corporations that would pay the price it would be regular Americans, regular minimum wage Americans, middle class Americans who would pay that price. And so as we head into the summer and the price of everything for American consumers get a to higher and higher their summer travel, their plane tickets, their clothing, … (07:35–07:48)

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Asserts that economic consequences of war would primarily affect regular and middle-class Americans.

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