MAGA Senator Secretly Begged Trump for a Break From Signature Policy

MAGA Senator Secretly Begged Trump for a Break From Signature Policy

Alabama Senator Katie Britt praised President Donald Trump’s tariffs in public, but behind closed doors, the Republican lawmaker begged for relief, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.In an email sent to the U.S. trade representative in April 2025, shortly after Trump announced his so-called “Liberation Day” tariffs, Stephen Newton, the legislative director for Britt’s office, requested tariff “exclusions” for “specific Alabama manufacturers…

WSJ catches GOP senator quietly begging Trump for the tariff break she publicly praised

Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) got a harsh reckoning from the conservative Wall Street Journal editorial board on Monday, as she was exposed for talking out of both sides of her mouth on President Donald Trump's trade policies.When the Supreme Court struck down Trump's first tariff scheme, the board wrote, Britt took to the papers to write, “What the media won’t tell you is that President Trump’s tariffs work. We are not going to return to the status q…