Tucker Carlson: “There is more poverty in London now than there was 40 years…”

“Those are the most important questions there are. But economic prosperity raises all the ships. Is that. Has that been true here? It should be true. There is more poverty in London now than there was 40 years ago. There's more child poverty. Yes, I know. In fact, the child poverty rate is worse here than it is in America. A lot worse. General poverty rate.” (1:11:02–1:11:06)

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