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Hakeem Jeffries: “Under Republican policies, costs having gone down in…”

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

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Health care costs out of control. Child care costs out of control. America is way too expensive and Donald Trump and the Republican Party has done nothing about it. Under Republican policies, costs having gone down in America, costs have gone up, including for reasons that relate directly to Trump's tariffs, which have increased costs by thousands of dollars per year on everyday Americans. We have a broken health care system and a Republican health care crisis. Republicans have enacted the largest cut to Medicaid in American history. (00:21–00:42)

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Asserts that Trump's tariffs have increased costs by thousands of dollars per year for Americans.

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