House Democrat Makes GOP Colleague Squirm In His Seat Over Trump Tariffs [View all]

Source: Huff Post

Apr 29, 2025, 12:47 AM EDT


Rep. Joe Neguse (D-Colo.) took down Rep. John Joyce (R-Pa.) on Monday after the Republican argued in favor of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs.

“You’re not concerned at all about the tariffs?” Neguse pressed Joyce during a House rules committee hearing.

“I think that the tariffs are short-term pain for long-term gain,” said Joyce, echoing Republicans’ justification for the tariffs that — per Trump’s former chief economic adviser Gary Cohn — could disproportionately impact people with low income.

Neguse wasn’t having it. “I can just tell you that my constituents in Colorado didn’t sign up for the short-term pain that you’re apparently comfortable with,” replied Neguse, the assistant Democratic leader of the House. “They don’t want car prices to go up and the fact that you can’t bring yourself to just even agree with me on that premise — the notion that, generally speaking, we should try to keep costs low — to me speaks volumes.”

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-neguse-john-joyce-trump-tariffs_n_681037b9e4b03f197f78416d

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Joyce is coming from the bottom part of the "Pennsyltucky 'T'" -



I just don't hear his name mentioned much, if at all. He got in that seat after the redistricting in 2018 when the PA Supreme Court finally torpedoed the long-gerrymandered Congressional districts here.