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Pete Buttigieg: “The American people overwhelmingly disapprove of the…”

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

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Pete Responds To Trump's Speech, Live on CNN

Published | Video Starts at 02:09

But now that we're in the second year and remember Americans, exactly what these tariffs did to them. That's why they're so unpopular. That's why The American people overwhelmingly disapprove of the president's handling of inflation in the economy. We know that he is making us pay a tax called a tariff on the things that we buy every day. (02:09–02:14)

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Asserts that the American people overwhelmingly disapprove of Trump's handling of inflation and the economy.

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