Republican Senators respond to the GDP report.
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00:00The voters are largely driven by the question, are you better off than you were, fill in
00:06the blanks years ago.
00:08And clearly, if we have this kind of froth this time next year, then it's a real challenge
00:13for Republicans.
00:15But I believe if we pass the TCJA in a substantially similar form, and then we settle down the
00:22tariffs and get some of the deals, then we get the economy back on track.
00:25But you can't look at this today and recognize it for anything other than being unacceptable.
00:37We need to watch out for our economy.
00:39President Trump's doing the right thing.
00:40We've got a tariff.
00:41I just met with people right there that the tariffs are working.
00:44It's helping American companies.
00:46And bottom line, at the end of the day, we have got to do something to help the American
00:50people and get manufacturing back to the United States.
00:53We're going to struggle for a while.
00:55But good things will happen in the future.
01:00I don't think this number is any reflection on the current president.
01:02I mean, this is the economy he inherited.
01:04But it underscores that working people have not only not had a raise in years, they've
01:09been going in the wrong direction.
01:10I mean, gas prices, grocery prices up, wages down, we've got to turn that around.
01:14He came to office midway through this quarter.
01:17I think his, you know, the opportunities for his policies, I mean, even his policies that people
01:22said, oh, well, the tariffs, how will this affect economic growth?
01:24Those are all very recent.
01:26In fact, most of them not in the first quarter.
01:28So I think that this points to the weakness of the economy he inherited.
01:32It's all very good.
01:36But he said, oh, well, the tariffs are the first place.
01:38Well, let's take a look.
01:39Let's take a look.
01:41Now, let's take a look.