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John Hickenlooper: “When the Straits of Hormuz are closed, I mean, the price of…”

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

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U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper and Wanda James, candidate for Congress | Colorado Point of View

Published | Video Starts at 05:12

And they've already now locked up and demonstrated that they can hold the entire Middle east, the entire world hostage by stopping the Straits of Hormuz. When the Straits of Hormuz are closed, I mean, the price of gasoline, the price of oil, the price of energy just continues to go up and up and up. It's a key factor of inflation, this war. And this is going to go down. It's hard to look back, it's hard to go forward and say, all right, what's this going to look like in 50 years from now? (05:12–05:21)

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Asserts that the closure of the Straits of Hormuz causes energy prices to rise.

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