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Chuck Schumer: “Donald Trump's tariffs raised the price of groceries, raised…”

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

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Live Now: I am speaking from the Senate floor, 12.9.25

Published | Video Starts at 01:06

He believes that people will believe his words when he says it's a hoax. They won't. They won't. There aren't enough speeches in the world to paper over the fact that Donald Trump's tariffs raised the price of groceries, raised the price of clothing, raised the price of energy. And it's not just his tariffs. It's his policies that cut out the cheapest form of energy we have, clean energy. It's his policies that allow food producers to get away with monopoly pricing. (01:06–01:13)

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Asserts that Trump's tariffs increased prices of groceries, clothing, and energy.

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