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Chuck Schumer: “Donald Trump has gone from promising to bring costs down on…”

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

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He must be condemned forcefully, loudly and without excuses before someone takes his words as permission to do the unthinkable. Anything less enables the flames of hatred to grow and spread. Unaffordability. In less than a year, Donald Trump has gone from promising to bring costs down on day one to claiming that the word affordable is some kind of new word. and even a con job. That's right. Donald Trump doesn't even want to see the word affordable on his teleprompter because it will send him into a tailspin. Poor guy. (01:30–01:43)

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Asserts that Donald Trump initially promised to reduce costs but now dismisses the term 'affordable.'

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