Amazon said Tuesday it would not be displaying the cost of tariffs right next to products’ total prices on any of the company’s websites, contrary to a news report that said the company was planning to do so.
During a press briefing Tuesday, White House spokeswoman Karoline Levitt pushed back hard against the news article, telling reporters that such a move by Amazon would have been “a hostile and political act.”
When asked about the news report, Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., said he found it hard to find any other explanation for adding the costs of the tariffs by the online commerce behemoth than playing politics.
“Well, when they first announced that they were going to show the cost, I’m sure a charitable interpretation existed, but I just couldn’t find it,” Kennedy told The Daily Signal.
“My thought immediately was, if [Amazon chief Jeff] Bezos…
