As the stock market fluctuated with daily uncertainty and many Republicans grew increasingly nervous about President Donald Trump’s tariff policies, one prominent Republican office-holder in Pennsylvania weighed in strongly on behalf of what is by far the most controversial item on the Trump agenda.

“This is short-term pain in return for long-term gain,” State Treasurer Stacy Garrity said last Friday night, “President Trump is essentially bringing all those manufacturing jobs lost to China since 2001 back to the U.S.”

Since 2001, when China joined the World Trade Organization, 2.8 million of the 3.7 million jobs lost to China by the U.S. have been in the manufacturing business.

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