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Chuck Schumer: “He's raising those tariffs, raising your costs, Mr. And Mrs…”

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

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Interview with Senator Chuck Schumer on Government Shutdown and Antisemitism

Published | Video Starts at 09:29

Bernie Sanders likes it and My most conservative members like it. We're hammering away at that. Today it was Medicaid. Tomorrow it's going to be, in the next few days, going to be tariffs. He's raising those tariffs, raising your costs, Mr. And Mrs. American, by $2,000 a year. If he raises all these tariffs so that he can use that money for tax cuts for the billionaires, he's cutting your education funds and so your kids don't get a great education and your school taxes will go up for that. (09:29–09:36)

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Asserts that Trump's tariffs are increasing costs for Americans by $2,000 annually.

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