Russell Vought: “We don't think they're a tax on the American people. They…”

“Objection. So you're going through a process to decide what are you going to tax next? Who are you going to tax next to reach these astronomical tariff numbers. Objection. We don't think they're a tax on the American people. They have not raised prices. 90% of the cost is by a tax foundation. Yeah, paper that doesn't support tariffs, but who are you going to impose the tariffs on next?” (02:32–02:37)

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