Overview
- Trump announced on Truth Social that he is withdrawing support for Hurd and endorsing Hope Scheppelman in Colorado’s 3rd District.
- Hurd was one of six House Republicans who voted for H.J.Res.72 to terminate the president’s Canada tariffs.
- In defending his vote, Hurd cited Article I authority and argued major trade decisions require clear statutes, noting agriculture and a large steel rail mill in his district need predictable policy.
- Days earlier, the Supreme Court ruled 6–3 against the administration’s broad use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act for tariffs imposed in 2025.
- Following the ruling, Trump moved to rely on Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 and said he would raise the global tariff rate to 15% after warning GOP dissenters of primary consequences.