Trump-supporting Rep. Harriet Hageman of Wyoming once again found herself in the difficult position of having to defend the president’s most unpopular policies this week as she was confronted by disappointed constituents at a town hall event.
Hageman, Wyoming’s sole congressperson and a vocal Trump ally, hosted a town hall event on Monday in Casper, a city in central Wyoming.
During the event, one constituent approached the microphone and asked Hageman, “Who’s responsible for establishing tariffs in our country?”
Hageman began to reply with, “Right now, the president has taken that authority, but I’m not sure when we go back,” before she was drowned out by loud boos. The constitution grants congress, not the president, the power to impose tariffs, but it can delegate some of these power