(Radio Iowa) – U-S Senate candidate Zach Wahls — a Democrat from Coralville — says President Trump’s tariff policies are absolutely devastating for Iowa. And Wahls says Congresswoman Ashley Hinson — the leading Republican in the race for Iowa’s U-S Senate seat — has been a rubber stamp for Trump’s trade tactics. “And it is incredibly irresponsible that Ashley Hinson has consistently voted for a tariff policy that is hurting our state,” Wahls says.

Earlier this month Hinson voted against a resolution in the U.S. House that called for ending U.S. tariffs against Canada. “I think that Ashley Hinson chose to go with her party and with Donald Trump over what was best for Iowa,” Wahls says. After Friday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down many of the tariffs Trump imposed last year, Hinson said Trump is seeking to level the playing field for American farmers, workers and businesses — and Hinson said her priority is making sure those efforts translate into real results for Iowa.

Wahls spoke with Radio Iowa Sunday, after Trump announced he’s imposing a 15 percent global tariff under a law the U-S Supreme Court had not yet reviewed. “The Trump/Hinson tariff taxes are making life unaffordable for Iowans who are in the middle class, who are working class, for Iowans who are retired,” Wahls said. “They are destroying jobs in manufacturing. They are devastating the farm economy.” Wahls says that’s the exact opposite of an “America First” agenda.

Wahls, a state senator, faces state Representative Josh Turek of Council Bluffs in the Democratic Party’s U.S. Senate Primary June 2nd.