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Sean Duffy: “The rates are coming down for truckers. You can't sustain…”

Featuring: Sean Duffy, Republican | Secretary of Transportation | National

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'Going to take years' to make up for this: Sean Duffy

Published | Video Starts at 02:55

But there's also another consequence. These are great American paying jobs, great American companies. They're not going to American drivers anymore. They're not going to American drivers. These, The rates are coming down for truckers. You can't sustain yourself. You can't make a living as an American truck driver because Joe Biden let a flood of these foreigners come into the country and now compete against the American worker. And so again, that's not part of the lawsuit, but that's a real consequence of what the Biden administration has done. And again, long standing trucking companies going out of business. (02:55–03:07)

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Asserts that trucker rates are decreasing, making it difficult for American truck drivers to earn a living due to increased competition from foreign workers.

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