Trump Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin on Wednesday had a tough time defending President Donald Trump’s tariffs under tough questioning from Rep. Cindy Axne (D-IA).
During a hearing at the House Financial Services Committee, Axne asked Mnuchin pointed questions about the impact that tariffs were having on American businesses and consumers — and Mnuchin at one point even tried to deny that tariffs were taxes.
After Mnuchin repeatedly dodged her questions about whether businesses would most likely pass on increased production costs to American consumers thanks to Trump’s tariffs, Axne stopped him and told him he was not giving her a “straight answer.”
“Do you agree that American consumers will be paying more as a result of these tariffs?” she asked.
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Aaron Rupar✔@atrupar
Rep @JenniferWexton asks Mnuchin about his refusal to comply w/subpoena demanding Trump’s tax returns, & explains to him difference between legislative branch, which makes the law, & executive branch, which executes it. (The point being that his excuse for not complying is bunk.)
Aaron Rupar✔@atrupar
.@jahimes: What American interests were served by lifting sanctions on Russia & thereby enriching Oleg Deripaska?
MNUCHIN: I’d be happy to explain more about that to you in closed session. pic.twitter.com/0rO7fES6YO
View the complete May 22 article by Brad Reed from Raw Story on the AlterNet website here.