(TNS) Both of Kentucky’s senators broke ranks with most other Republicans in a vote on Tuesday against some of President Donald Trump’s tariffs, which one said have been causing “avoidable harm” to bourbon and other Kentucky commodities.

Sen. Mitch McConnell and Sen. Rand Paul joined three other Republicans and all Democrats to pass a bill that would stop tariffs on Brazilian imports by ending Trump’s national emergency. The measure passed on a 52-48 vote, but is unlikely to pass in the House.

Before the vote, McConnell sent out a statement criticizing Trump’s tariffs.

“Protectionists in Washington insist that the past several months have vindicated the policy of indiscriminate trade war against both close allies and strategic adversaries,” McConnell said. “But Kentuckians are especiall

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