What these newly elected U.S. reps. think about tariffs on Canada

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Nov 10, 2026
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It is just bananas to me that we're in a trade war with someone
who's been one of our oldest
and longest standing allies.
I think the tariff policy in general has been really problematic,
and we have seen the direct
line between that and the rising cost of just about everything,
groceries and soccer cleats
and all the things that we buy every day.
I'm excited because there seems
to be a big consensus that we need to do
something to wrangle this and Congress needs
to take back its oversight.
There's no way that the Republicans
who are running, I'm a Democrat, the
Republicans who are running in my district or across my state weren't
hearing the exact same things that I was.
People know what these tariffs are and
they know what the impact has
been and I think if we don't do something to
address this and start bringing down costs,
start rebuilding relationships
with key allies, we're not going
to get elected again in two years and that goes
across the board.
I love our Canadian neighbors, I hate
I hate these stupid tariffs, so we're going
to do everything we can to get rid of them.
We put up a bill that says Donald Trump does
not have the authority to do these tariffs.
We're going to claw them back.
I'm absolutely opposed to this trade war that we have with Canada.
Not only is it...
Working against like our closest ally,
but it's also hurting American workers. So why are we doing this?
We want to go back to the relationship we had before Trump came
on board. You know, we have a close alliance. We
Both help Canadians and Americans with with our with our trade
and and our economies. So
Why are we trying to hurt that right now?
In our district in particular,
like Canada is a very strong partner with,
you know, with trading through the Port of Charleston.
So, and it's hurt, it has hurt us.
I know jobs have been lost
and we need to make, we need to make it better.
I think tariffs are one of the easiest things that we can get after
to try to make life more affordable for sure.
