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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Feb 13, 2025

It’s not a question of a price tag. It’s not — really, we have no choice.

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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Feb 13, 2025

Welcome to the age of Trumpflation. Groceries are up. Chicken, pork, steak are all more expensive.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Feb 13, 2025

SLASH prices–so fast it’ll make their heads spin.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Feb 13, 2025

We are going to have all this money in there, and I say I want it back. And I told them that I want the equivalent, like $500 billion worth of rare earth.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Feb 13, 2025

It’s hard to bring [prices] down once they’re up. You know, it’s very hard.

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Mitch McConnell
@mitchmcconnell· Republican · KY· Feb 12, 2025

we have called out Trump’s plans to impose tariffs.

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Mitch McConnell
@mitchmcconnell· Republican · KY· Feb 12, 2025

In Kentucky, local storeowners are already hearing about their suppliers’ prices going up. One estimate suggests the president’s tariffs could cost the average Kentuckian up to $1,200 each year.

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Feb 12, 2025

What we're really facing here is an administration that campaigned on bringing down prices and is not doing that.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Feb 12, 2025

I think what’s going to go up is jobs are going to go up, and prices could go up somewhat short-term, but prices will also go down.

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Rand Paul
@randpaul· Republican · KY· Feb 12, 2025

Tariff lovers will be forced to explain the persistence of high prices.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Feb 12, 2025

It’s hard to bring things down once they’re up. You know, it’s very hard. But I think that they will.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Feb 12, 2025

When you get down to it, it's going to be probably close to a trillion.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Feb 12, 2025

Starting on Day 1, we will end inflation and make America affordable again.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Feb 12, 2025

Today, the oligarchs and the billionaire class are getting richer and richer and have more and more power.

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Patty Murray
@pattymurray· Democratic · WA· Feb 12, 2025

Running farmers out of business, derailing infrastructure projects, cutting cancer research and killing good-paying clean energy jobs isn’t just unpopular, it’s devastating for working people everywhere.

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