As the Supreme Court rules the President’s reckless tariffs are illegal, here’s a reminder that DC Insider Michael Whatley praised them, calling them “record setting in terms of […] effectiveness” and saying he supports them “wholeheartedly” – even as they drove up costs, hurt farmers, and devastated small businesses and North Carolina’s furniture industry.
“Michael Whatley sided with DC politicians, championing reckless tariffs even as they crushed working families across North Carolina and pushed small businesses to the brink of collapse,” said Mallory Payne, senior communications advisor for the North Carolina Democratic Party. “Whatley has proven he will always put his fellow DC insiders ahead of North Carolina families.”
Michael Whatley championed the trade war as it drove up costs and hurt farmers:
- Michael Whatley: “Putting tariffs on everyone… has been record-setting in terms of its effectiveness.”
- Michael Whatley: “I support that agenda wholeheartedly.”
- NC Newsline: RNC chair Michael Whatley defends Trump tariffs in NC, arguing that market chaos is ‘overreaction’
- NC Newsline: “Whatley has expressed support for Trump’s trade policies, including an aggressive tariff push that has cut into North Carolina farmers’ earnings.”
- Hendersonville News-Times: “Lyndsey Simpson, owner of Hendersonville Toy Company, and Drake English, father of a three-year-old son and a hot tub technician by trade, criticized Republican National Committee Chair and U.S. Senate candidate Michael Whatley for his support of tariffs put in place this year by the Trump administration.”
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