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On the recordJuly 15, 2025
We’ve said from the start that Donald Trump’s tariffs are a national sales tax on working and middle class families — and now it is causing inflation to rise, as many of us feared.
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York
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msnbc.com

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Schumer discusses the impact of Trump's tariffs on inflation and working families.

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