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Mark Pocan: “The president has the power over emergency tariffs.”

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

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With Liberty and Justice for Some Ep. 41 Answering your Questions

Published | Video Starts at 23:40

And they're not. When the president's doing tariffs, Trump's tariff taxes are hurting all of us on groceries and other goods. It's Congress that has the power over tariffs. The president has the power over emergency tariffs. It's hard to argue what he's doing are emergency tariffs. I mean, there's no real plan to how he's putting tariffs on. Literally, it's like a monkey in the zoo throwing its dung. (23:40–23:44)

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