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Mark Pocan: “Consumers pay Trump's tariff tax.”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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Pocan Puts Bessent on the Spot Over Trump's Tariffs. #uspolitics #congress

Published | Video Starts at 01:17

Reclaiming my time. So I'll ask one more time. Who pays tariffs? Sir, the history would show that it is a complicated mix of who pays the tariffs over various times. Consumers pay Trump's tariff tax. That's the So that's exactly the problem. If your answer. And you are a very educated person, you have very impressive bio. Cannot answer the question who pays tariffs? (01:17–01:20)

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Asserts that consumers bear the cost of tariffs imposed by Trump's administration.

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