Copper State Chaos: Take a Seat and a Tariff You Can Refuse
3/6/26, 8:30 PM
Welcome to Copper State Chaos, Copper State War Room’s weekly recap on the fails, feuds, and full-blown chaos in the Arizona Republican gubernatorial primary.
As Andy Biggs and David Schweikert are locked in a bitter race to the bottom, this primary is spiraling into an ugly, expensive mess. We’ll keep the receipts – so you don’t have to.
Don’t miss this week’s chaos:
WHY DON’T YOU TAKE A SEAT?: On Wednesday, Andy Biggs voted against the House Oversight Committee’s successful bipartisan subpoena on U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, after it was discovered that the DOJ has been withholding files that mention Donald Trump. Last year, he was one of only two in this same committee who voted against the bipartisan effort to release the Epstein files for the first time. Both Biggs and Schweikert have repeatedly voted against efforts to make the records public. Biggs dismissed accountability as a “‘gotcha' game,” a “ploy,” and “PR stunt.” Schweikert called the Epstein files a “shiny object” and argued that this issue, of whether to stand up for survivors of sexual abuse, does not represent “a threat to society.”
I’M GONNA MAKE YOU A TARIFF YOU CAN REFUSE: Arizona businesses that paid an additional $1.6 billion in tariffs last year may be in for some good news. Earlier this week, the U.S. Court of International Trade ruled that businesses who paid these tariffs are legally entitled to refunds. It’s unclear how or when that will happen, but what is clear is that American households, which paid an extra $1,700 annually due to these tariffs, are unlikely to benefit. More than two out of three Americans blame tariffs for driving up prices, and Arizona small businesses feel the pain, reeling from operating costs that spiked by as much as 900 percent. Despite the Supreme Court ruling against these tariffs, both Biggs and Schweikert voted twice to keep them in place. After Trump imposed a universal 15 percent tariff tax, Schweikert went a step further to propose a new “universal tariff,” stating that he was “not going to let this whole thing fall apart.”
That’s all for Copper State Chaos this week. Thanks for reading – we’ll be back next week to keep tabs on the chaos. Have a great weekend!
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