Portrait of Terence JeffreyWhen Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., was in the midst of his record 25-plus hours of speaking on the Senate floor on April 1, he yielded to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, who wanted to ask him a couple of questions.

One was on the tariffs that President Donald Trump was set to announce the next day.

“And all of America is paying attention to what you are saying,” Schumer claimed to Booker—according to the Congressional Record.

“All of America needs to know there are so many problems because of the disastrous actions of this administration in terms of how they are helping only the billionaires and hurting average families,” said Schumer.

“So, my question to my colleague on these tariffs,” Schumer eventually said. “A, does he agree that it could raise the price on an average family thousands of dollars—it is estimated $6,000. … And does he agree that it seems the motivation is tax breaks for the wealthiest people?” …

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