Pete Aguilar: “These tariffs are a direct tax on the American people.”

“This, what they are talking now is strictly a diversionary tactic because. And a reaction to the past election where they got crushed on affordability and now they're trying to overcompensate. As the vice chair mentioned, These tariffs are a direct tax on the American people. And now they think the American people aren't paying attention enough to say, oh, well, you're going to give us a small rebate check while charging us thousands of dollars in increased costs.” (07:08–07:13)

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