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Elissa Slotkin: “Inflation has gone up because of the Iran war.”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

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Published | Video Starts at 00:26

This time we're going to focus largely on the ongoing costs of this Iran war. First off, let's talk about basic Inflation has gone up because of the Iran war. We're now six months in. Was supposed to be six weeks, it's now six months in. So the inflation is really setting in. Obviously, gas prices is the most noticeable. (00:26–00:32)

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Asserts that the Iran war has caused inflation to increase.

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