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Mark Pocan: “We're paying more for groceries, coffee, bananas, anything…”

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

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Know Your Candidates: Wisconsin US House District 2: Mark Pocan

Published | Video Starts at 07:09

But when you just throw tariffs around like a monkey throws its dung at the zoo, you never know where it's going to land, but it's going to be messy to clean up. That's kind of the Trump policy of tariffs. It means We're paying more for groceries, coffee, bananas, anything that comes from overseas [due to tariffs]. We're paying more for everyday goods then we know because of the big beautiful bill. We're paying more for health care for what I just mentioned. (07:09–07:14)

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Asserts that tariffs have increased the cost of imported goods.

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