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Debbie Dingell: “They didn't know what NAFTA had done to all of you.”

Featuring: Debbie Dingell, Democratic | U.S. House, Michigan, District 6

2023 SBC - Rep. Debbie Dingell delivers exuberant message of support to delegates

Published March 29, 2023 | Video Starts at 16:09

Look, Democrats did a lousy job of talking about trade in 2016. They didn't get it. They didn't live in this country, in this heartland, this state. They didn't know what NAFTA had done to all of you. Well, now, okay, we got another bill. We're working on it, trying to bring those jobs home. But now we've got the Indo Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity. That's being considered. (16:09–16:13)

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Asserts that NAFTA had negative impacts on workers in the heartland.

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