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Tim Kaine: “Trump vowed to half electricity prices, but they're rising…”

Featuring: Tim Kaine, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Virginia

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'Nothing But A Giveaway To The Oil And Gas Interests': Tim Kaine Shreds Trump's 'Energy Emergency'

Published | Video Starts at 11:18

So now energy inflation is outstripping the rest of inflation and it's particularly hard for low income households. And then finally, just last month, CNN Business, Trump vowed to half electricity prices, but they're rising twice as fast as inflation. Electricity prices, that monthly bill that households pay together with their mortgage or their rent together with food, together with health care, all of these are going up. (11:18–11:25)

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Asserts that Trump promised to reduce electricity prices, but they are increasing faster than inflation.

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