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Veronica Escobar: “Tariffs are a tax on [American people's] goods and what they…”

Featuring: Veronica Escobar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 16

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Congresswoman Escobar on MSNBC's José Díaz-Balart Reports

Published | Video Starts at 00:17

The city alone handles about $98 billion in annual cross border trade. How are you seeing this? Thanks. It's so great to see you, Jose. What's important for the American people to understand is that Tariffs are a tax on [American people's] goods and what they go to the grocery store to buy. And so as these tariffs ramp up and as there's this erra, chaotic approach to them, we're not going to see any easing of economic pain, which is what Donald Trump promised American voters that, that he would lower costs on day one. (00:17–00:23)

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Asserts that tariffs function as a tax on consumer goods.

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