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Hakeem Jeffries: “Donald Trump promised to lower costs on Day One. But under Donald Trump and Republican control of government, costs in…”

On the recordSeptember 8, 2026
Donald Trump promised to lower costs on Day One. But under Donald Trump and Republican control of government, costs in the United States of America haven’t gone down, they’ve gone up.
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Hakeem Jeffries
Democratic · New York

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Jeffries criticizing Trump’s economic record.

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