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Rand Paul: The middle class isn’t actually ‘hollowed out’
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6:59Now PlayingSenator Rand Paul refutes the hollowed-out middle class narrative with data, defends trade and capitalism against Trump’s populist critique, and blames inflation for recent economic struggles.
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Did Donald Trump’s attack on Rand Paul reveal a rift in the GOP? In this clip from 'Just Asking Questions,' Senator Rand Paul dismantles the idea of a hollowed-out middle class, using 70 years of income data to show it’s shrunk due to rising wealth, not poverty. He blames Biden-era inflation—not trade—for recent struggles, while defending capitalism and trade as forces that slashed global poverty from 98% in 1820 to under 10% today. Trump once slammed Paul, saying he 'shouldn’t even be on this stage' during a 2015 debate, highlighting their clash over free markets and populism. Paul pushes back here, calling zero-sum tariff arguments misguided.
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