Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.) said during a recent interview that he supports President Trump’s expansive tariff agenda despite the likelihood of short-term negative impacts.

“There’s absolutely gonna be short-term pain,” Sheehy said Monday evening on CNN’s “The Source," telling host Kaitlan Collins that "the president’s been clear about that. Everyone has."

"I mean, if you’re gonna remodel your house to make it better in the end, it’s gonna be really annoying in the short term when your house is getting remodeled and there’s drywall dust everywhere and there’s workers in your living room," he continued. "The reality is that remodel has gotta happen in order to make things stronger and more stable on the back end.”

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