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Gretchen Whitmer: “Tariffs have increased costs on the average American…”

Featuring: Gretchen Whitmer, Democratic | Governor of Michigan

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She does a phenomenal job at General Motors, but she's got a hard job to do, and she's got to figure out how to work with this administration, which we're all trying to do. At the end of the day, though, we know that Tariffs have increased costs on the average American consumer. They've cost Americans jobs, they've made America less competitive. country as a whole. And you can see what the toll is that it's been on manufacturing. Meanwhile, China continues to put their foot on the gas. (00:16–06:22)

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Asserts that tariffs have increased consumer costs, caused job losses, and reduced U.S. competitiveness.

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