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Tariffs
NBC - 9/2/2025 - Meet the Press NOW - Tariffs The President is hurting the economy. Trump's also ranting that the country will be "destroyed" if "tariffs that are dragging our economy down are not upheld." - Andrew Bates
Sep 1, 20251 min read


Bipartisan Cost Coalition Statement: Another Court Ruling Confirms Trump’s Price-Hiking Tariffs are Illegal
Supreme Court must consider case quickly to provide relief and certainty to American consumers and businesses From Cost Coalition Advisers Terry Holt, a Republican, and Andrew Bates, a Democrat: “A panel of 11 federal judges just confirmed that Trump’s tariffs, which are raising the prices he promised to lower, are illegal. The President claims that the court’s decision could 'destroy America,' but the destruction is already taking place in surging inflation, economic uncerta
Aug 29, 20251 min read


Bipartisan Cost Coalition: Trump’s Corrupt Attack on the Federal Reserve is Already Raising Prices for Families
Cost Coalition Advisers Terry Holt, a Republican, and Andrew Bates, a Democrat, released the following statement on President Trump’s illegal attempt to fire Federal Reserve Member Lisa Cook: “High prices are already the top priority for the hardworking families who are feeling the growing weight of tariffs, a skyrocketing national debt, and Trump’s instability every time they go to the grocery store. But this illegal power grab pours even more gasoline on the cost crisis Was
Aug 25, 20251 min read


Bipartisan Cost Coalition: Republicans and Democrats should unite against new tariff surge
Cost Coalition Advisers Terry Holt, a Republican, and Andrew Bates, a Democrat, released the following statement on President Trump’s new wave of tariffs: “Donald Trump’s latest tax hike on working families is deepening America’s affordability crisis. These new tariffs rob the middle class to reward billionaires with inflationary tax windfalls - raising prices even more. Both parties need to stand up for their constituents’ livelihoods, against an agenda that’s lowering econo
Aug 6, 20251 min read


Trump is ‘treating people like they’re stupid’ with tariffs
MSNBC - 8/7/2025 - The Weeknight - Trump is ‘treating people like they’re stupid’ with tariffs “ I think we are seeing a President who is off his game. We see a guy who said groceries was what got him elected yet he ignores these grocery prices and says in fact that prices are going to go up with new tariffs.” - Terry Holt
Aug 6, 20251 min read
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