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Chuck Schumer: “Trump's tariff tax was illegal and the courts agreed.”

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

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Chuck Schumer addresses media on SCOTUS ruling striking down Trump's tariffs

Published | Video Starts at 02:08

Today's SCOTUS decision was a win for the wallets of every American consumer that carried the burden of Trump's stupid trade war. And now he's doing it all over again and hurting the American people. Trump's tariff tax was illegal and the courts agreed. And let's call it. Let's call these tariffs for what they. A tax on the American people. (02:08–02:14)

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Asserts that the courts agreed Trump's tariff was illegal.

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