President Donald Trump made a late push to swing votes in the contest to replace former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and touted his economic record during a trip to Georgia, declaring he “solved” affordability as polls show Americans are concerned about the economy.
Trump arrived in Rome, in Georgia's 14th congressional district, ahead of the March 10 special election to replace Greene, who resigned from her seat after feuding with the president. He interspersed campaigning with a pitch for his economic policies, which will face a referendum in the 2026 midterm elections, and more unfounded statements about election fraud in a state he has frequently targeted, and where the Justice Department recently seized ballots from 2020.
The president spoke for more than an hour at Coosa Steel Corporation, a business he said has benefited from his aggressive tariff program, which is facing a legal challenge and awaiting a Supreme Court ruling. Trump complained that he has to “justify” the tariffs before the Court.
“The tariff is the greatest thing that’s happened to this country,” he said in speaking to reporters before the speech.
Trump also emphasized private sector job growth during his second term, tax cuts and stock market gains as he worked to sell his agenda in the face of polling indicating many Americans have concerns about his economic stewardship.
