Democrats Wage Populist Fight to Refund Tariffs to US Households

Prominent Democrats are seizing on Donald Trump’s Supreme Court tariff loss to wage a populist election-year campaign to refund the overturned import duties to the US public.

“I’m calling for a $1,336 refund for every Ohio household,” progressive Democrat Sherrod Brown said in a social media post Monday. Brown, who is seeking a return to the Senate after a 2024 defeat, portrayed the levies as driving inflation and blamed his opponent, Republican Senator Jon Husted.

“Jon Husted supported them at every turn,” Brown wrote. “Ohioans are being crushed by soaring prices and they deserve their money back.”

Former Senator Sherrod Brown

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