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Lori Trahan: “He stood in the White House and said verbatim, we can't take…”

Featuring: Lori Trahan, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 3rd Congressional District

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Rep. Lori Trahan on the latest in Iran

Published | Video Starts at 02:11

Fertilizer prices are up. That's hitting groceries, that's hitting farmers. I mean, the president has already said he doesn't care. In a separate event last night before his evening address, He stood in the White House and said verbatim, we can't take care of daycare. We're a big country. We're fighting wars. It's not possible for us to take care of daycare, Medicaid, Medicare, all these things. But there's always money for war. Always. (02:11–02:16)

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