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Greg Casar: “Trump's tariffs aren't about helping workers.”

Featuring: Greg Casar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 35

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Congressional Press Conference on Firing Elon Musk and Addressing Alleged Corruption

Published | Video Starts at 33:14

We need to look into the way that the president's son basically went and told foreign leaders, come and bribe me. Come and make a deal. Come and cut us a check. So Trump's tariffs aren't about helping workers. They're about making working families pay more so that Trump can get bribes from companies for exemptions, so that Trump and his buddies can tip people off and skew the stock market for themselves. (33:14–33:17)

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Asserts that Trump's tariffs do not benefit workers.

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