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Mark Kelly: “The president was pretty vocal when he was running for…”

Featuring: Mark Kelly, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Arizona

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LIVE INTERVIEW: Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly speaks about impacts of war with Iran

Published | Video Starts at 04:57

… promised in terms of, you know, not going to war and also bringing prices down, things of that nature, especially when it comes to the Republican Party? Well, I mean, The president was pretty vocal when he was running for office that he was going to focus on bringing prices down for the American people and keeping us out of foreign conflicts. And for some unknown reason, he's done the opposite. He increased tariffs on most countries around the world with not a good explanation for why he needed to do this. (04:57–05:09)

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Asserts that the president promised to reduce prices and avoid foreign conflicts during his campaign.

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