That is precisely why everyone should have voted against it.
I support free trade. I depart from unconditional free trade where we drop our shorts while the other nation imposes tarrifs on "certain" goods.
But this bill has two very bad things....first, it is secret. No bill should be kept secret and voted upon unless it is a rare case and intelligence-related.......second, it grants powers to the POTUS that belong with the Congress.
On those two aspects alone, I would vote against this....and so should have every good conservative.
you have a logical case, but there are a few problems with it.
First, you are commenting as if it was “secret” to Cruz. It was not. It was secret to you and me. Second, you are dismissing his job related reasoning with respects to his constituents, and third, there is nothing more moral necessarily about voting against something, especially when Elizabeth Warren is voting against it and when ultra liberal socialist union thugs are against it. That’s VERY shaky moral grounds.
But again, my only point here...is that its a confusing issue and not any kind of valid litmus test - for all the reasons of confusion listed above.