President Donald Trump‘s tariffs have frustrated many lawmakers, including Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), who vowed to oppose them even as Trump pared them down on Thursday.
Paul, a Kentucky senator since 2011, said he’s been told that the tariffs would hurt business in Kentucky and raise prices.
“Almost every industry in Kentucky has come to me and said it will hurt our industry and push up prices of homes and cars,” he told reporters. “I’m going to continue to argue against tariffs.”
Paul’s comments come as Trump suspended most tariffs on Canada and Mexico, excluding products covered under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement signed during his first term.
Most of Kentucky’s prominent politicians have been opposed to Trump’s tariffs. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said last month that tariffs
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