Rather, one 'special interest' shows that the other...i.e., the Steel Import Lobby, has hired/paid for/and LIED as Dick Cheney would say, BIG TIME to confuse gullible voters. And CITAC cannot gainsay the facts...so it invents a whole slew, and then broadcasts them on the internet far and wide, and in multiple venues...and even otherwise reputable outfits like Heritage picks them up and reiterates these falsehoods as truth. Well, they have been debunked. Read those SPECIFICS. And perhaps the clearest sign of all was when CITAC was caught circulating a memo among steel importers to hype and exaggerate the numbers of layoffs and falsely blame the tariffs for any such. Hello. They have been caught RED HANDED attempting to mislead the public. They are done.
The protectionists here are NOT just shrugging their shoulders. They are basically in a position to say, "I told you so." This is a tradewar...and we didn't start it. And they are escalating rapidly in the hopes that we will cave on defending our national sovereignty and our markets. Will We?
And again, what else would you expect AISI to say? It is lining its pockets with our money.
Not in escence it is just the Free traders are more effective in getting their policies enacted.
Clearly if they were right they would not have to lie and henceforth when I see a Free Traitor promulgating falsehoods whether from it be the Smoot Hawley tariff caused the great depression or that the Steel tariffs were a harm to the economy I will be calling the lirs what they are.