GOP Senator Admits What Trump And White House Are Denying In Tariff War
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"What you just said is important," CNN's Kaitlan Collins pointed out.
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) uttered the truth that has mostly been squelched by President Donald Trump and co. ― that tariffs are basically a tax that U.S. shoppers will pay in the form of higher prices. (Watch the video below.)
Mullen’s admission flies in the face of spin on Trump’s trade wars, most notably White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s false insistence that tariffs result in a “tax cut” for Americans.
“Tariffs is a tax and it will be passed on to consumers,” Mullin, a staunch Trump loyalist, told Kaitlan Collins on CNN Wednesday.
But Mullin defended Trump’s erratic tariff binge as a potential vehicle for better trade arrangements with countries.
Collins was eager to return to his surprising candor.
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