Dem stumps Trump adviser on price hikes: 'We cannot build bananas in America' [View all]

By David Edwards
Published June 5, 2025 1:47 PM ET

Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) called out Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, one of President Donald Trump's top advisers on tariffs, after he claimed bananas would be less expensive if they were grown in the U.S.

"Mr. Trump promised to bring down the cost of goods, day one," Dean said during a Thursday House Appropriations Committee hearing. "And what he has done through his trade deficit fixation and his tariff chaos has nakedly increased the cost of goods."

"The estimates are that for consumers in my area, suburban Philadelphia, $2,000 at least a year increases on goods, she continued. "I'll give you an example of one: bananas. What's the tariff on bananas?"

https://www.rawstory.com/howard-lutnick-tariffs-bananas/

Congresswoman Dean you should have first asked the fascist traitor supporter what the yellow thingy was in your hand.......to see if he could guess it correctly............