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Mandela Barnes: “He [Donald Trump] drove these prices up with illegal wars of…”

Featuring: Mandela Barnes, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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'People have had enough': Wisconsin Gov. candidate blasts Trump's rural tour, Iran war

Published | Video Starts at 01:54

And I'm just going to say that why do we have to wait for prices to go down and for the president to say that he inherited. He's been in office for a year and a half now. He [Donald Trump] drove these prices up with illegal wars of choice, bombing Iran, invading other countries, also the illegal trade war that he got us in. And to tell somebody that they have to wait a few more weeks for price to go down. (01:54–02:10)

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Asserts that Donald Trump is responsible for driving up prices through illegal wars and a trade war.

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