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Hakeem Jeffries: “Today's inflation numbers of 3% year over year confirm what…”

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

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Leader Jeffries Speaks to Reporters on Day 24 of Government Shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 00:07

Morning, everyone. Today's inflation numbers of 3% year over year confirm what hard working American taxpayers already know, that Donald Trump and Republican policies are making life too expensive in the United States of America. Donald Trump and Republicans promise that costs will go down on day one. But costs haven't gone down in the United States of America. Costs are going up. (00:07–00:28)

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Asserts that inflation is at 3% year over year and attributes rising costs to Trump and Republican policies.

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