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Rashida Tlaib: For me, this is not inflation, it is extortion.

On the recordMarch 7, 2022
For me, this is not inflation, it is extortion.
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Rashida Tlaib
Democratic · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Tlaib criticizes corporations for blaming inflation while profiting during the pandemic.

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