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Mark Warner: “The average family will pay an extra $2,400 per year in cost…”

Featuring: Mark Warner, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Virginia

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Published | Video Starts at 00:28

Instead, he launched one of the biggest tax increases on American consumers and businesses with his ill fated tariff policy that I think is both illegal and obviously has driven up costs dramatically. It's get into it. The average family will pay an extra $2,400 per year in cost [due to tariffs]. How does that break down? Well, cost of a new car has gone up year over year. $5,700. We've seen the highest grocery inflation literally in years. (00:28–00:35)

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