Republican presidential candidate, former Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the Pray Vote Stand Summit at the Omni Shoreham Hotel on September 15, 2023 in Washington, DC.
Former Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday dumped on Donald Trump's plan to slap a universal 10% tariff on imported goods if he is reelected in 2024, slamming the idea as a "middle-class tax increase."
An across-the-board tariff like the one Trump has proposed would worsen inflation and "reward adversaries like China," Pence's GOP presidential campaign said in an unusually sharp one-page memo.
"He and his imitators in this race are backing away from American leadership," Pence said.
Trump skipped the first debate last month, but he nevertheless stole much of the evening's attention.
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