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Michael Bennet: “There's hundreds of more dollars that people are having to spend on electricity and on housing itself, rent.”

Featuring: Michael Bennet, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Colorado

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They're paying more on gas, bags of groceries like are a month's rent now or more. People are having to make choices between buying their kids school, buying their kids clothes for school, and buying groceries. There's hundreds of more dollars that people are having to spend on electricity and on housing itself, rent. I haven't heard President Trump talk about any of this because the next generation is entirely invisible to him. He has no concern about it. He's not worried about it. (22:11–22:19)

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Asserts that people are spending significantly more on electricity and housing.

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