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Tammy Baldwin: “The situation with threatened tariffs and actually imposed…”

Featuring: Tammy Baldwin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Tony Wied and Senator Tammy Baldwin Discuss Economic Policies and Legislative Initiatives

Published | Video Starts at 17:23

And some are concerned about what tariffs are doing to the economy. Your thoughts on how the economy is performing and what can be done to help working families? So I'll jump in there. You know, The situation with threatened tariffs and actually imposed tariffs earlier this year showed us what chaos looks like in the economy. We saw a stock market free fall during Trump's first round of tariffs before he paused them. And what I want you to know is that my phone rang off the hook. (17:23–17:33)

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Asserts that tariffs have caused economic chaos.

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