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Chuck Schumer: “Affordability doesn't mean bailing out Argentine farmers.”

Featuring: Chuck Schumer, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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Published | Video Starts at 08:54

It means you can pay the rent, pay your mortgage. What? Affordability doesn't mean sending helicopters over Caracas and saying we have the right to attack NATO allies. It Affordability doesn't mean bailing out Argentine farmers. It doesn't mean giving away critical chips to China so that they will use them against us. Now, if Donald Trump and Republicans won't focus on lowering the cost of living, Democrats are happy to do it for them. (08:54–08:58)

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Asserts that affordability is unrelated to financial aid to Argentine farmers.

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