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Greg Stanton: “His tariffs were illegal from day one.”

Featuring: Greg Stanton, Democratic | U.S. House, Arizona, District 4

CNN: Stanton Tariff Conversations with Jake Tapper and FALCO COO Greg Fraley ahead of the SOTU

Published February 23, 2026 | Video Starts at 00:38

They were also just reaffirmed by the ridiculous and poorly crafted Supreme Court decision. What do you make of the way he's responded to the supreme court's ruling? He's 100% wrong. His tariffs were illegal from day one. He, we all knew that from day one. A tariff is a tax and a tax can only be put in place by the United States Congress. (00:38–00:41)

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Asserts that the President's tariffs were illegal from the start.

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Greg Stanton

“The supreme court, by a 6 to 3 ruling, made that absolutely clear.”
CNN: Stanton Tariff Conversations with Jake Tapper and FALCO COO Greg Fraley ahead of the SOTU | Uploaded February 23, 2026 | 00:49-00:55
“He has a 50% tariff plus now they're adding on to it. This new tariff under section 122.”
CNN: Stanton Tariff Conversations with Jake Tapper and FALCO COO Greg Fraley ahead of the SOTU | Uploaded February 23, 2026 | 04:10-04:17
“A tariff is a tax and a tax can only be put in place by the United States Congress.”
CNN: Stanton Tariff Conversations with Jake Tapper and FALCO COO Greg Fraley ahead of the SOTU | Uploaded February 23, 2026 | 00:43-00:50
“He thinks that he can issue these tariffs unilaterally without regard to Congress.”
CNN: Stanton Tariff Conversations with Jake Tapper and FALCO COO Greg Fraley ahead of the SOTU | Uploaded February 23, 2026 | 01:01-01:06
“If you have illegally put tariffs in place, that means the resources from those tariffs have been illegally received by the government.”
CNN: Stanton Tariff Conversations with Jake Tapper and FALCO COO Greg Fraley ahead of the SOTU | Uploaded February 23, 2026 | 02:54-03:01
“We need to push forward right now to making sure that those dollars get back to our fellow Americans as soon as possible.”
CNN: Stanton Tariff Conversations with Jake Tapper and FALCO COO Greg Fraley ahead of the SOTU | Uploaded February 23, 2026 | 03:03-03:10
“It's a mess of Donald Trump's making because he put into place these illegal tariffs.”
CNN: Stanton Tariff Conversations with Jake Tapper and FALCO COO Greg Fraley ahead of the SOTU | Uploaded February 23, 2026 | 03:28-03:33
“This tariff under section 232 is hitting an American company not able to grow employment.”
CNN: Stanton Tariff Conversations with Jake Tapper and FALCO COO Greg Fraley ahead of the SOTU | Uploaded February 23, 2026 | 04:25-04:32
“He's not able to buy from American sources.”
CNN: Stanton Tariff Conversations with Jake Tapper and FALCO COO Greg Fraley ahead of the SOTU | Uploaded February 23, 2026 | 04:32-04:35