Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson has unexpectedly broken with President Donald Trump over his proposal to hand out tariff dividend checks worth “at least” $2,000 to American taxpayers, saying bluntly: “We can’t afford it.”
During an interview with Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business Monday, Johnson, a member of the Senate Finance Committee, was asked: “So, what about the $2,000 checks the president has been talking about?