Democratic Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii spoke out against the Trump administration's tariffs on Thursday, declaring that small businesses "are taking it in the neck with these tariffs," and then stood firmly behind her comment after Small Business Administration Administrator Kelly Loeffler accused her of "calculated, violent rhetoric."

"This disgraceful comment is shocking even by your own low standards, @MazieHirono. Fair trade isn’t the problem - your calculated, violent rhetoric is. It’s evil and beneath the office," Loeffler asserted in a post on X.

"You're right. I should have been more direct: Small businesses are getting f[---]ed by your disastrous tariffs," Hirono wrote back .

The senator delivered the "taking it in the neck" remark in the wake of the assassination of cons

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