Monday, July 14, 2025

Beshea: Trump's tariff spree undermines Trump supporters

The Kentucky governor said the tariffs will hurt residents of his state, which Trump won overwhelmingly in 2024.

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... Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear on Sunday slammed President Donald Trump's international tariffs, saying they were not what voters in the Bluegrass State had in mind when they overwhelmingly cast their ballots in favor of Trump during the 2024 election.

Trump took home Kentucky by more than 30 points in November. But Beshear, a Democrat who has claimed victory in three statewide elections in the Republican-leaning state, said the president was abandoning the message that won it over.

"You know, the people of Kentucky, many of them voted for Donald Trump because they thought he'd make paying the bills a little bit easier at the end of the week," Beshear told NBC's Kristen Welker on "Meet the Press." "And he's just making it harder." ...


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