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John Hickenlooper: “His tariffs were a ridiculous attack on small business…”

Featuring: John Hickenlooper, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Colorado

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You know, when he first came in and passed that big bad betrayal act, which took away health care, hundreds of thousands of Coloradans, we pushed back. We fought on that. We continue to fight on that. His, His tariffs were a ridiculous attack on small business people across Colorado. We did roundtables in every part of the state. You look at what he's done with the war and the increase in not gasoline and diesel costs, but fertilizer, things that farmers and ranchers in Colorado need to be able to get their crops in. (00:45–00:52)

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Asserts that Trump's tariffs negatively impacted small businesses in Colorado.

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