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Hakeem Jeffries: “He promised to lower costs on day one.”

Featuring: Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic | U.S. House New York, 8th Congressional District

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Leader Jeffries on MS NOW's The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell

Published | Video Starts at 13:10

Did you hear anything tonight about any policy that indicated Donald Trump actually knew what he was talking about? No, not at all. And, you know, again, he's running away from the fact that, that He promised to lower costs on day one. Now he wants to act like the affordability crisis is a Democratic hoax. But last year, all he did was talk about how he was going to drive down the high cost of living, how America was too expensive and out of control. (13:10–13:14)

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Asserts that Donald Trump promised to lower costs on his first day in office.

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