Congressman Morgan McGarvey on MS NOW: Kentucky Bourbon Caught in Crosshairs of Trump’s Trade War, Pro-Trump TV Ads with Taxpayer Money “It’s Awful”

Congressman Morgan McGarvey on MS NOW: Kentucky Bourbon Caught in Crosshairs of Trump's Trade War, Pro-Trump TV Ads with Taxpayer Money "It's Awful"

"This is a guy who said he was going to be an America-first President, and he's putting us last."

This morning, Congressman Morgan McGarvey (KY-03), Co-Chair of the Congressional Bourbon Caucus and Kentucky's only Democrat in Congress, joined Ali Vitali to sound the alarm on Trump's newest Canadian import ban and the Canadian boycotts and de facto trade bans still hammering Kentucky bourbon.

McGarvey has been a vocal critic of Trump's trade war with Canada, which buys more Kentucky spirits than any other country, and warned that the bans will further damage the state's $9 billion signature industry, fuel U.S. inflation, and force higher prices on U.S. consumers.

Watch the interview here.

On Kentuckians' reaction to Trump's trade war:

"People are fed up.

"What people here know is that sales are down, that Canada has taken bourbon off of the shelves. We send more liquor to Canada than any other country.

"They're asking, 'What is this President doing and why? This is a guy who said he was going to be an America-first President and he's putting us last.'"

On Medicaid cuts in Kentucky:

"We're a state where over 400,000 people got health insurance for the very first time in 2014 with the Affordable Care Act. We have a lot of people who depend on Medicaid to be able to take their kids to the doctor.

"The Kentucky Hospital Association, this is not some flaming liberal group, has predicted that 35 rural hospitals here in Kentucky could close.

"People know what that means. They know that they're gonna continue to get sick, continue to have heart attacks, kids will continue to have accidents, there will still be early labor, and when seconds count they will not be able to go get the healthcare they need because of what this President is doing.

"People want to pump the brakes on this Administration."

On the White House using taxpayer funds on Pro-Trump television ads:

"It's awful.

"What is the president doing with taxpayer money? It is crazy, and this is just another example of some of the stuff that Republicans shoved in that One Big Awful Bill that they passed, that the President's now using again to promote himself.

"People are tired of seeing his corruption. The money he's making. What he's doing for himself and his family and then what he's doing to us and our families."

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Congressman Morgan McGarvey represents Kentucky's Third Congressional District, including Louisville and Jefferson County. He serves on the House Veterans Affairs, Small Business, and Budget Committees.