Ron Wyden Slams Trump On 'Liberation Day': 'These Tariffs Are Economic Poison For Our Country'

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Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill.

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00:00I thought it was pretty clear that in Wisconsin, which is always a bellwether state, there's

00:06tremendous concern and they're sending a message.

00:10They don't see the president's priorities as the way to go.

00:12What about Elon Musk's role in all of it?

00:14Do you think voters are sending a message to him as well because he seemed to go all

00:17in on that race?

00:19Certainly they're going to reevaluate their strategy on the basis of what happened there

00:23and him coming in.

00:24So today the president set to announce a whole spate of tariffs.

00:28How concerned are you about how these are being done?

00:30Well first I want folks to understand that these tariffs are economic poison for our

00:37country.

00:38They go from one community and off across the entire country and what you see is this

00:45jacks up costs for the American people.

00:48The number one issue at my town hall meetings, I've had 1100 of them and they've been mobbed

00:53over the last couple of months, is people are trying to figure out how to pay their

00:59bills.

01:00And the president said in that, I guess it was a grocery store, that I'm going to be

01:04back here and your prices are going down and in 10 days or so he walked it back and it's

01:10pretty clear that these tariffs are going to cause real pain for consumers and for small

01:15businesses and that's where we are, I guess we're waiting for 4 o'clock.

01:20Senator, what was your take away from Senator Booker's 25 hour speech last night and specifically

01:25from voters who want more from you guys?

01:28I think, and I spoke to him and posed a question, it reflected the urgency that I see voters

01:36bring to my town hall meetings.

01:38They always say, and I reflect this, what are you guys doing back there?

01:42What is actually getting done to for example make sure that you help people where the second

01:48word is bill.

01:49It might be medical bill, it might be rent bill, it might be food bill and Senator Booker

01:54brought a lot of energy and a lot of specifics to what we've been working on.

01:59Thanks Senator, we appreciate it.

Ron Wyden Slams Trump On 'Liberation Day': 'These Tariffs Are Economic Poison For Our Country'

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