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Mark Pocan: “The number one issue going for him on Election Day November…”

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

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Rep. Mark Pocan talks Democrats walking out of Trump's speech of lies.

Published | Video Starts at 19:36

Consumer confidence is down, inflation is up, unemployment is up. Why would he do this? This just. This is. This is the Herbert Hoover playbook. This really is Herbert Hoover playbook. The number one issue going for him on Election Day November was the economy. And now it's the biggest detriment for him. Right. When you look at him going down in the polls, it's because the economy, and we're just getting started. We haven't felt the impact yet of a lot of these tariffs. (19:36–19:43)

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Asserts that the economy was Trump's main issue on Election Day, now it's a detriment.

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