During a town hall on Tuesday, Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) spoke about the effect of Trump's tariffs.
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00:00You kind of touched on this already, but one of the students wants to know how will these new tariffs affect South Carolina?
00:06You were kind of speaking to that. Just a second.
00:09Well, while they're coming to the mic, let me just say this about the tariffs for the students that's here.
00:14The first thing we have to remember about tariffs is just a fancy name for a tax.
00:20That's all it is.
00:21And the only question that you have when you start dealing, or the major question, maybe not the only question, is who will pay that tax?
00:35Well, there's no way in the world.
00:39In fact, we've already had it announced.
00:43I had the CEO.
00:45So, I think the Volvo is, I think the headquarters is in Sweden.
00:54One of those essence, I think it's me.
00:58The CEO came to see me about three weeks ago.
01:04And we talked about these cars that are made here, these BMWs.
01:13I don't know if you've ever been out to Charleston to watch them load, these cars on ships.
01:20That is a real marvel to me.
01:25We can't buy all the cars that are being made here.
01:30Those cars are shipped out of here.
01:34And I checked that there were 11,000 jobs.
01:39Tied to BMW.
01:41There are 1,600 jobs.
01:47These are direct jobs.
01:49There are over 40,000 indirect jobs.
01:54Tied to BMW.
01:58Mercedes-Benz make theirs.
02:04What is it?
02:05The Sprinter?
02:06All the Sprinters are made in North Charleston.
02:091,600 direct jobs and over 16,000 indirect jobs.
02:14These are South Carolinians.
02:18If you are going to, if those cars start costing $10,000 more,
02:25then that will have an impact on the economy.
02:29But that's why South Carolina is so vulnerable to what these policies are.
02:34It's not just our farmers.
02:37It's these people in these industries.
02:40Not to mention Boeing.
02:43So we are in a pickle when it comes to these policies.
02:51And there's nothing about this that makes sense.
02:55We are in a picklele ĐŒĐŸĐč.
03:01My party.
03:03I not really want to be busy.
03:04I've ever been in a pickle.
03:05I know.
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03:06I know that you can get a business house.
03:07But that's why I don't have it.
03:08You know, right?
03:10You can get the not-
03:13I know what that's expected.
03:14So I can install it on my own.