WATCH: Ford Fights Trump’s Tariff Tax As Lombardo Fully Embraces Them
“The Governor said the public needs to ‘feel a little pain’ over [Trump’s] tariff levies”
Yesterday, Attorney General Aaron Ford, alongside small business owner Regina Simmons, held a press conference slamming the Lombardo-Trump tariffs for wreaking havoc on Nevada’s economy. Last week, Ford successfully defeated Trump’s unconstitutional tariffs in court – nearly one year after Joe Lombardo said Nevadans should “feel a little pain” from them. Ford also called on the President to immediately refund Nevada families who were unlawfully taxed by his illegal tariffs.
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“No, I’m paying for that. Our people is paying for that. No other country’s paying for that. We do it,” said Regina Simmons, co-owner and co-founder of the local chain Tacotarian. “We do have to raise prices because we have to make it. We call it ‘survival mode.’ Literally. We, all us restaurants, we are in a survival mode.”
Ford, in a news conference at Tacotarian on Wednesday, pointed to a Lombardo quote about how people may need to “feel a little pain” because of tariffs, saying he disagreed with that philosophy. (Ford joined a lawsuit against the administration’s tariff regime.)
Ford has joined multiple lawsuits against the Trump administration, over economic policies, cutbacks to federal services and an attempt to end birthright citizenship under the U.S. Constitution.
What they’re saying:
Ricardo Torres-Cortez: Nevada governor candidate, Attorney General @AaronDFordNV, gave his affordability campaign pitch and tied Trump's tariffs policy to Gov. @JoeLombardoNV at the Tacotarian restaurant, where owner Regina Simmons spoke of rising costs, including tariffs.
Steve Sebelius: A @nytimes story in which AG @AaronDFordNV gets quoted and refers to a remark that Gov. @JosephMLombardo wishes he could take back.
Regina Simmons: Yesterday we were truly honored to welcome Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford to Tacotarian to talk about how tariffs are affecting our restaurant and so many small businesses like ours.
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