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Elizabeth Warren: “Over 100 million Americans have credit card debt now, many…”

Featuring: Elizabeth Warren, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Massachusetts

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Witness Trembles As Elizabeth Warren Grills Her On Trump's Lie To Lower Credit Card Interest Rates

Published | Video Starts at 01:11

Trump's own top economic advisor, Kevin Hassett, recently bragged that, quote, credit card spending is through the roof. He's right. Over 100 million Americans have credit card debt now, many of them putting groceries and gas on their credit cards just to be able to make it to the end of the month. And delinquencies are at the highest since the crash of 2008. So let's talk about affordability. In January, President Trump promised to cap credit card interest rates. (01:11–01:21)

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