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Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer blasted former President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff plan, saying that only Congress has constitutional authority to impose tariffs. Schumer urged Republican lawmakers to stand up for American families and block Trump’s tariff moves, claiming they amount to taxes on consumers and hurt the economy. His plea comes in the context of ongoing legal battles and political debates over executive power and trade policy.

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00:00These tariffs aren't tough on China, they're tough on American families.
00:05And the Senate has repeatedly voted on a bipartisan basis to reject this illegal trade war.
00:13Congress has the ultimate authority to undo the tariffs that Trump had imposed a year ago
00:21and the tariffs that Trump has imposed today.
00:24And we hope our Republican colleagues will join with us in rejecting these tariffs
00:30because they're such a burden on American families and the cost that they pay.
00:36That's it. Let's see.
00:41Yep. Again, one final point to reiterate.
00:46Congress has the ultimate authority to impose these tariffs.
00:49I am urging, for the sake of American families pleading with my Republican colleagues,
00:56to buck Donald Trump and not allow him to impose these tariffs on the American people.
01:05Congress has the power to do it, and Congress should.
01:09Okay. Any questions?
01:13Here's something about litigation.
01:14So Trump said that these tariffs are going to go into litigation.
01:19Are there any repressions from that?
01:21Well, look, no one knows exactly what Trump is doing in the future,
01:26but usually he doesn't care about the laws.
01:30And so it's a pretty safe bet that there will be court cases contesting these tariffs.
01:40Do you think there will be a refund?
01:43Now that he's reimposing tariffs, no one knows what the heck he's doing.
01:47He doesn't know what the heck he's doing.
01:49He's flying by the seat of his pants.
01:51The court ruled in a very strong way against him.
01:55So he said he's imposing something else.
01:58But that's something else, A, may not last and may be worse for the American people if it does.
02:05These tariffs aren't tough on China.
02:07They're tough on American families.
02:10And the Senate has repeatedly voted on a bipartisan basis to reject this illegal trade war.
02:18Congress has the ultimate authority to undo the tariffs that Trump had imposed a year ago
02:26and the tariffs that Trump has imposed today.
02:29And we hope our Republican colleagues will join with us in rejecting these tariffs
02:35because there's such a burden on American families and the cost that they pay.
02:41That's it.
02:43Let's see.
02:47Yep.
02:48Again, one final point to reiterate.
02:51Congress has the ultimate authority to impose these tariffs.
02:55I am urging, for the sake of American families pleading with my Republican colleagues,
03:01to buck Donald Trump
03:04and not allow him to impose these tariffs on the American people.
03:10Congress has the power to do it, and Congress should.
03:15Okay.
03:16Any questions?
03:18Here's something about litigation.
03:20So Trump said that these tariffs are going to go into litigation.
03:24Are there any repressions from that?
03:26Well, look, no one knows exactly what Trump is doing in the future,
03:32but usually he doesn't care about the laws.
03:36And so it's a pretty safe bet that there will be court cases contesting these tariffs.
03:45Do you think there will be refunds?
03:48Now that he's reimposing tariffs, no one knows what the heck he's doing.
03:52He doesn't know what the heck he's doing.
03:54He's flying by the seat of his pants.
03:56The court ruled in a very strong way against him.
04:01So he said he's imposing something else.
04:03But that's something else, A, may not last,
04:07and may be worse for the American people if it does.
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