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David McCormick: “Real income stayed flat for 20 years.”

Featuring: David McCormick, Republican | U.S. Senate, Pennsylvania

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Published | Video Starts at 10:39

You didn't have to be smarter. You just had enough assets and you got a lot richer. The people that didn't have assets stayed the same and got relatively poor. Real income stayed flat for 20 years. The open borders and fentanyl has destroyed those communities. So they're upset, they're angry. Globalization gutted many of those communities. They don't think. (10:39–10:42)

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Asserts that real income has not increased over the past 20 years.

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