Autoworkers from Michigan praised President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Wednesday, saying the import tax on foreign-made cars will bring back idle factories in the critical swing state.

Speaking to an audience in the White House Rose Garden, an autoworker named Brian who is a leader in the United Auto Workers said Trump’s newly enacted 25% tariff will bring back the beleaguered industry.

“I grew up just north of Detroit, Michigan, in Macomb County — known as the home of the Reagan Democrats. My first vote for president was for Ronald Reagan,” Brian said. “I thought that was going to be the best president I ever saw in my lifetime until Donald J. Trump came along.”

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