Andy Biggs Wants To “Explore” Even More Cost-Hiking Washington Tariffs

Yesterday, on the Arizona Political Podcast with Jim Sharpe, Andy Biggs doubled down on his support of Washington’s cost-hiking agenda, saying he supports tariffs, they are “very interesting,” and that he would like to “explore [tariffs] more… at the federal level.”

Arizona families are already paying more because of Washington’s reckless tariff agenda and they don’t need Andy Biggs “exploring” new ways to raise costs even higher.

Arizonans paid an extra $2,200 for goods and services because of Biggs and David Schweikert’s cost-hiking tariff agenda, according to a recent Joint Economic Committee report. In April alone, grocery prices soared faster than any month in the last four years, and Arizona small businesses continue to reel from operating costs that are up to 900 percent higher.

Biggs has called tariffs “a brilliant economic strategy” and argued that the tariffs were “not inflationary,” before claiming that Washington has “tamed inflation.” Schweikert bragged about personally “doing the calculations” with the White House on tariffs and proposed his own new tax instead of offering Arizonans relief.

Copper State Victory spokesperson Nicholas Simões Machado said:

“Arizona families and businesses are already paying the price for Andy Biggs and David Schweikert’s cost-hiking tariff agenda, but Andy Biggs still wants to ‘explore’ raising costs even more. Arizonans don’t need a governor searching for new ways to make life more expensive, and Andy Biggs has proven he can’t be trusted to lower costs for working families.”

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