Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) vowed Friday that Democrats “will force votes” on President Trump’s tariffs after a subpar jobs report showed fewer jobs were added during August than expected.

Schumer said in a statement that Friday’s jobs report, which showed that only 22,000 jobs were added and the unemployment rate rose to 4.3 percent, was “worse than the already low expectations.” He also labeled it a “blaring red light warning to the entire country that Donald Trump is squeezing the life out of our economy.”

“Donald Trump’s chaotic tariffs, failed policies, and fake trade deals have slowed job growth and continually raised prices on American families. The pressure is pushing working families closer to the breaking point,” Schumer said.

“Hiring is down, prices are up,

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