J. B. Pritzker

The tariffs were illegal from day one. A tax increase on ranchers, on farmers, on small businesses, on you and me. Donald Trump should return that money immediately. Pay us back. Put that money back in the pockets of working families and the American people.

Well, it was unhinged.

I mean, watching his press conference today where he just, as you pointed out, I mean, he just fell apart about this and attacked Supreme Court justices and could not understand why he could not wield this power that he believes is his that has now been found unconstitutional.

So, and what does he do?

He turns to yet another statute that allows tariffs in certain circumstances.

And now he intends to reimpose these tariffs that are truly devastating small businesses.

They're hurting families across my state.

And as you saw, $1,700 per family.

These are working families, $1,700.

Remember, this is the guy who lowered taxes on the wealthiest people, and he raised taxes, the tariff taxes, on the middle class, the working class, and frankly, people just, everyday folks going to the grocery store just buying goods.

Let me just tell you one other thing.

The farmers, these are folks mostly who voted for Donald Trump.

He has devastated, for example, the soybean farmers in my state.

As a result of his tariffs and the way he has activated trade wars,

we no longer are selling soybeans to the Far East.

And that's billions of dollars of sales for family farmers across the state of Illinois.

So the $1,700 doesn't even talk about the small businesses and the farmers that are hurt by what he was doing and now wants to reimpose.

Well, if he actually gave a darn about working families, he would just institute the rebates that people should get.

These refund checks should just come.

That's what he should do.