It’s quite amusing to me how important protectionists think their issue is (and how they falsely assume the majority of Republican voters agree with them) to voters. Here I’m sitting wondering how come Buchanan and Perot weren’t elected then, lol.
I’m pretty positive Trump’s insincere promise to build a “yuge” wall on the Mexican border has a LOT more to do with his success than his promise to raise taxes on American consumers. But to hear protectionists fantasize it’s that promise of a tax hike that will lead legions of union democrat scum to deliver Trump a “yuge” landslide.
Our country seemed to do better from where I sit in the 200+ years it was “protectionist” than it is doing now. I am sure that the uniparty establishment and other people making money off of the dismantling of our industrial base disagree.