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Pete Buttigieg: “America lost manufacturing jobs [after tariffs were…”

Featuring: Pete Buttigieg, Democratic | Former Secretary of Transportation, Former Mayor of South Bend | National

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Published | Video Starts at 01:53

They made us all pay tariffs and said the reason we got to do this is to bring back manufacturing jobs. What happened? Well, we paid the tariffs and then America lost manufacturing jobs [after tariffs were imposed]. They cut taxes for the rich. They said we've got to do that in order to speed up economic growth. And what happened? Economic growth slowed down. It's worse now. (01:53–01:58)

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