Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) argued for tariffs at the lone vice presidential debate against Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), emphasizing that they protect American workers from cheap foreign labor.
Vance blasted Walz for attacking the Trump trade policies as a “national sales tax” when they actually protect American jobs and wages.
“I want to talk about this tariff issue, in particular, Margaret, because Tim just accused this of being a national sales tax,” Vance said. “Look, the one thing — you’re probably surprised to hear me praising Joe Biden — but the one thing that Joe Biden did is he continued some of the Trump tariffs that protected American manufacturing jobs.”
“It’s the one issue — the most pro-worker part of the Biden administration
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