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Tim Kaine: “You'll see oil prices go up immediately if the president…”

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

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You Want Lower Prices. *Trump*: How About An Idiotic, Unnecessary War Instead?

Published | Video Starts at 04:32

Prices are going up, job growth is slowing, economic growth is slowing, and this war will hurt the economy. You'll see oil prices go up immediately if the president starts a war here. And people will wonder, why are you focusing on these foreign misadventures instead of making our lives easier around the kitchen table? So economically, there's real problems. (04:32–04:37)

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Asserts that oil prices will rise immediately if a war with Iran begins.

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