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Kirsten Gillibrand: “The tariffs he wants to pursue are going to raise prices.”

Featuring: Kirsten Gillibrand, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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Interview with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand on Trump's Policies, Democratic Strategies, and U.S.-Israel Relations

Published | Video Starts at 01:02

He didn't talk about the biggest struggles that people are facing, which is the cost of groceries, cost of fuel, the cost of housing. He didn't, he didn't quite appreciate, although he didn't recognize that The tariffs he wants to pursue are going to raise prices. but the tariffs are going to be crushing for a lot of families. One economist said it would increase prices by a thousand bucks a year for people in New York. (01:02–01:06)

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Asserts that [Trump's] proposed tariffs will increase prices.

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