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Elissa Slotkin: “The Iranians have blocked the Strait of Hormuz.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 01:15

So think plastics, think containers, things like think the bottle of Tide that you buy at the store, that packaging has gone up in price. And then the shipping just moving things around the world has gotten more expensive because The Iranians have blocked the Strait of Hormuz. So just the paying to ship something one place to another. So because of that, lots and lots of goods and services, things that you buy at the grocery store have gone up. (01:15–01:19)

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Asserts that Iran has blocked the Strait of Hormuz, affecting shipping costs.

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