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Richard Blumenthal: “All of our economy is going to be impacted and Americans…”

Featuring: Richard Blumenthal, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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Published | Video Starts at 09:36

And to go back to Joe's point at the very outset, prices are going to continue to rise and consumers all around the world are going to be hurt, including in this country. Not just price of gasoline, but mattresses and medical devices, semiconductors. All of our economy is going to be impacted and Americans will be hurting even more. Senator, I know you've been asking about the cost of this war as well. But just to return us to that video that you were the protagonist in earlier, you know, the question I have is there's certainly the loyalty test aspect of this. (09:36–09:41)

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Asserts that the U.S. economy will be impacted, causing further harm to Americans.

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