GOP lawmakers criticize Trump’s beef import plan amid blowback from ranchers

House and Senate Republicans criticized President Donald Trump’s decision to suspend tariffs on ground beef imports, with lawmakers from agricultural states decrying the impact Trump’s decision will have on farmers.

State of the Union: The president had said he would temporarily ease tariffs on beef imports.

“American ranchers have been struggling ... and this will further harm them - most of whom are MAGA Republicans,” Sen. Tim Sheehy, R-Mont., said.

President Trump Friday defended his decision to temporary suspend higher tariffs on ground beef imports, saying it’s “what the people want.” “We want to get the beef prices down so we will get them down a little bit,” Trump said before boarding Air Force One to fly to South Carolina.  “That’s what people want, that’s…

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