McKee demands Trump administration pay up with $770M tariff refund demand

By: Christopher Shea

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: March 12, 2026

Words: 435

Last Updated: 4 months, 3 weeks ago

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Gov. Dan McKee is asking the Trump administration to refund Rhode Island $770 million in tariff-related costs that he said the state’s residents have paid in since the president’s second term began last year.

McKee on Wednesday wrote a letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent demanding the federal government reimburse $1,751 for each of the state’s more than 440,000 households. The governor’s estimate for an average refund for a household comes from an …

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