Mitch McConnell Warns Trump’s Kentucky Voters How This 1 ‘Bad Policy’ Will Hurt Them Directly | EUROtoday

Former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) referred to as out President Donald Trump’s hike in tariffs on imports — and warned how they’ll hit constituents in his personal state of Kentucky, who overwhelmingly voted Trump again into the White House ― in an opinion piece for the Louisville Courier-Journal that revealed Wednesday.

Tariffs are “bad policy,” McConnell, who just isn’t in search of reelection, wrote in an essay titled, “Kentuckians can’t afford the high cost of Trump’s tariffs.”

Republicans “ought to be clear-eyed about the full, unadulterated impact of tariffs as we work to restore sound fiscal policy to our government,” the lawmaker continued. “Blanket tariffs make it more expensive to do business in America, driving up costs for consumers across the board. These aren’t just abstract concerns.”

McConnell predicted how the tariffs may have “long-term consequences right in our backyard” for Kentucky’s household farmers, bourbon producers and auto trade, amongst others.

“At a time when Americans are tightening their belts, we would do well to avoid policies that heap on the pain,” he concluded the piece.

McConnell equally criticized Trump’s tariffs on allies earlier this month, telling CBS News’ Lesley Stahl in a “60 Minutes” interview that they “will drive the cost of everything up.”

Trump has introduced 25% tariffs on neighbors Mexico and Canada — which have since been quickly paused — and 10% tariffs on China.

McConnell nonetheless endorsed Trump within the 2024 election, regardless of their relationship souring following the lethal U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, when McConnell condemned Trump however then voted towards impeaching him for fomenting the assault.

Trump received greater than 64% of November’s presidential election vote in Kentucky, in comparison with Democratic rival, former Vice President Kamala Harris, who received 33%.