One of the biggest Congressional champions of President Donald Trump’s tariff policy hails from the Democratic Party.
Democratic Rep. Jared Golden of Maine, who has consistently won reelection in a district Trump carried by nine percentage points in 2024, is emerging as one of the most ardent defenders of the administration’s recent tariffs. While some Congressional Republicans are seeking to rein in the president’s tariff authority, Golden is urging Trump to not listen to detractors urging him to stop implementing tariffs on countries around the world. (RELATED: Scott Jennings Finds It ‘Amusing’ That Trump’s Tariffs Have Suddenly Turned Democrats Into ‘Free Traders’)
“My biggest worry is that they’re [the Trump administration] going to do this and lose faith and political will and back away,” Golden told Axios Tuesday.
President Trump has introduced a number…
