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Andy Beshear: “Tariffs are a tax on the American people. Our people are…”

Featuring: Andy Beshear, Democratic | Governor of Kentucky

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One-on-one with Governors Whitmer & Beshear

Published | Video Starts at 02:55

How are we doing when it comes to tariffs? Governor Beshear, first off right now, how would you kind of give us a pulse of what's going on on the streets there? Well, Tariffs are a tax on the American people. Our people are paying 90% of all of those tariffs. That means that Donald Trump, who changes tariffs on a whim, is taxing the American people. And what it's doing to our businesses, given the way that the auto sector is set up, can be really harmful. (02:55–03:02)

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