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'Doesn't Even Seem To Care': Chuck Schumer Slams Trump Over Damage Brought On By Tariffs
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5/6/2025
At a press briefing on Monday, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke about President Trump's tariffs.
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All right, it's great to be here, and I just want to acknowledge all the people who are here, who I had the pleasure of meeting.
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First, my colleagues, Senators Klobuchar, Markey, and Smith, small business owners from across the country.
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We have Dominic Pernomo, owner of Yono's Restaurant in Albany, New York.
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I've had the pleasure of being there and seeing what a great job he does.
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We have Beth Benecke, founder and CEO of Busy Baby in Zumbrota.
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Zumbrota.
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Zumbrota.
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Zumbrota, that's an interesting name.
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We have Amy Leinbach, the owner of Big B and Little B in Caesar Park, Texas.
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We have T.J. Samanshin, CEO and owner of Wonder State Coffee in Madison, Wisconsin.
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We have Andrea Deutsch, owner of Spots, the place for pause in Pennsylvania.
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That's P-A-W-S.
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So they don't think you're resting, you know, pause.
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Joanna Hellrigal from Washington, D.C.
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We have Ivy Mix from, oh, Joanna's restaurant or business is called Ama.
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Did I say it right?
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She may not be here, so no one will correct me.
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We have Ivy Mix, Leanda, it's a business in New York City.
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We have Vicki Lee Parker High, North Carolina Sustainable Business Council.
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We have Holliswell Silverman, the Eastern Point Collective.
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And we have Richard Trent of the Main Street Alliance.
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He's the Executive Director.
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So we have a lot of small businesses represented here.
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And you know why.
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Because they're hurting.
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As all the folks behind me know all too well, President Trump's trade war is economic arson
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on our Main Streets.
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President Trump's trade war is economic arson on Main Street, and these folks are getting
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scorched.
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Trump's tariff taxes, jacking up prices, smashing supply chains, forcing small shops to raise
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costs, lay off people, or worse yet, close their doors altogether.
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While Trump has been busy helping the billionaires, Main Street pays the price.
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While Trump has let mega corporations, CEOs, and his donors have his ear on exemptions when
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they want relief from tariffs, small business owners have been left out to draw.
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You're a big business.
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You can knock on the White House, go and say, I need an exemption, I need this, and Trump goes
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along.
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These people don't have bad access to the White House.
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And Trump doesn't even seem to care.
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So, today, Senate Democrats are showing America the faces, businesses, and communities impacted
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by Trump's devastating trade war.
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He's had a bad tax war, too.
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Today, Senator Markey will announce legislation that I'm proud to co-sponsor to exempt small
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businesses from the President's destructive tariffs.
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Protecting small businesses shouldn't be a partisan issue.
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It's a national priority.
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And let's not forget, the 35 million small businesses in America employ 59 million people.
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That's about half the private sector jobs in the country are in businesses like those
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depicted here.
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Small businesses play a significant role.
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They're even more needed in rural communities.
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And there, they account for about 54% of rural workers.
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They're the backbone of our economy.
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Yet, right now, they're bending over backwards to make ends meet, to not charge their customers
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more, to not lay off employers.
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That's the dilemma they're all faced with.
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72% of small businesses say erratic tariff policies create, quote, a whiplash effect, disrupting
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planning and long-term decisions.
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In that way, small businesses and big businesses are alike.
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They can't plan unless they have certainty.
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They can't make that order that will come in three months from now if they think no one,
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the price is going to go way up.
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81% of small businesses say, thanks to President Trump's tariff tax, they would be forced to
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raise prices for consumers, and many indicated they would lay off employees as a direct result
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of increased costs.
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I've visited many small businesses from one end of the state to the other, and you should
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see the anguish on the faces of these small business people.
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They have put their whole souls, their blood, sweat, and tears into building these businesses,
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into creating a team of employees, and now they're either going to have to charge their
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dear customers, who they love, more, or lay off employees, who they cherish.
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It's an awful decision, an unnecessary decision.
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Already, employment at the smallest of small businesses has declined by 3%.
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We've lost 366,000 jobs since Trump took office in these businesses, and not only did Trump
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put them in an awful spot, he's clueless to the real-world ramifications.
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He was asked yesterday by Welker about small business.
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Trump highlighted, incorrectly I might add, how wonderful tariffs are for big businesses,
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and how he doesn't care one iota about the concerns of small businesses, or American families suffering
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from high prices.
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He just didn't care.
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He went on bragging about himself.
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I watched the clip.
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When asked if he's considering relief for small businesses, Trump said, quote, they're not
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going to need it.
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He was condescending and dismissive.
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Well, tell the folks behind me that they're not going to need it, President Trump.
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Senate Republicans had a chance last week to stop Trump's trade war, but instead, they
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stood with him.
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We are giving them another chance now by working with us to take up the Small Business Liberation
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Act.
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Senate Republicans' refusal to stop this trade war makes them complicit as Donald Trump in
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hurting these businesses and millions more across the country.
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Small businesses are the backbone of this country.
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It's time for Senate Republicans to grow a backbone and defend small businesses.
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