McConnell and Three Other GOP Senators ‘Rock Solid’ In Voting Against Trump Tariffs Despite President’s Attack, Reports CNN
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Sen. Tim Kaine’s (D-VA) move to revoke the emergency declaration giving President Donald Trump powers to place tariffs on Canada has at least four Republican senators’ votes, according to CNN’s Haley Talbot.
“Sen Tim Kaine reveals [Mitch] McConnell is a YES on his tariffs vote expected around 7pm,” Talbot reported on Wednesday, adding:
Kaine said last night at 6p he went up to McConnell and he didn’t even get to the q and McConnell said “I’m with you”
Kaine says rock solid GOP with him are [Susan] Collins, [Lisa] Murkowski, Rand Paul, and McConnell
Talbot also noted the Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) told her CNN colleague Manu Raju that “he doesn’t plan on voting for Kaine’s resolution, but he has ‘some concerns with the trade policies being discussed,’ adding, ‘we need to see what comes out tomorrow and be instructed by that before we take action.’” Kaine would need the support of at least four GOP Senators to pass his resolution.
Trump attacked the four Republican senators who plan to vote against his tariff authority on Wednesday morning, writing on his Truth Social platform:
Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and Rand Paul, also of Kentucky, will hopefully get on the Republican bandwagon, for a change, and fight the Democrats wild and flagrant push to not penalize Canada for the sale, into our Country, of large amounts of Fentanyl, by Tariffing the value of this horrible and deadly drug in order to make it more costly to distribute and buy.
They are playing with the lives of the American people, and right into the hands of the Radical Left Democrats and Drug Cartels. The Senate Bill is just a ploy of the Dems to show and expose the weakness of certain Republicans, namely these four, in that it is not going anywhere because the House will never approve it and I, as your President, will never sign it. Why are they allowing Fentanyl to pour into our Country unchecked, and without penalty. What is wrong with them, other than suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome, commonly known as TDS?
Who can want this to happen to our beautiful families, and why? To the people of the Great States of Kentucky, Alaska, and Maine, please contact these Senators and get them to FINALLY adhere to Republican Values and Ideals. They have been extremely difficult to deal with and unbelievably disloyal to hardworking Majority Leader John Thune, and the Republican Party itself. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
Notably, Canada is not a major source of fentanyl for the U.S. and Kaine’s measure is unlikely to have any real impact on stopping Trump’s tariff powers. Republicans control the House and the White House, which means any measure to limit powers previously given to Trump by the Senate is unlikely to become law.
