When Associated Press reporter Josh Boak asked about tariffs in the White House press briefing March 11, the exchange with White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt quickly became testy. It also produced a sentence that left economists’ heads spinning: "Tariffs are a tax cut for the American people," Leavitt said.

During yesterday's White House press briefing, press secretary Karoline Leavitt got into a heated exchange with a reporter after he asked "I'm sorry, have you ever paid a tariff?"