Overview
- Rep. Mike Lawler and Democratic strategist Rebecca Katz argued on CNN's State of the Union over Trump's expanded 2025 tariffs just days after the Supreme Court invalidated the tariffs' legal basis.
- Katz accused Lawler of siding with Trump on trade, while Lawler countered that he has pushed back on his party and delivered State and Local Tax relief for New Yorkers.
- Lawler said his contested votes addressed a national emergency on fentanyl rather than endorsing broad import taxes.
- He asserted that Congress must now decide tariff policy following the Court's ruling on the specific provision used to impose the import taxes.
- Viewer reaction skewed against Lawler as coverage cited Federal Reserve and Tax Foundation findings that U.S. companies and consumers bore most tariff costs, with an estimated $1,000 average hit per household in 2025.