Posted on 09/11/2015 5:27:02 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
So you think Donald Trump’s demagoguery on immigration has created problems for the other GOP candidates? Well, another very ripe opportunity for Trump to make his GOP rivals even more miserable may be lurking right around the corner, and it could expose the same sort of schism between GOP elites and GOP voters that Trump’s forays into immigration policy have. I’m talking about the massive global trade deal called the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Some time in the next six months — in late 2015 or in early 2016 — the participating nations may finally reach a deal on the TPP. That may well come just when the GOP primaries are heating up. Virtually all of the major GOP presidential candidates, including Jeb Bush, Scott Walker, and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), all support the TPP, as do Republican Congressional leaders. But, in a little noticed move a few days ago, Trump signaled that he might be headed in a very different direction on the TPP soon enough. After his terrific and wonderful rally outside the Capitol the other day, Trump met with Senator Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), and both men enthusiastically recounted that they had had a good conversation about immigration and …. trade. Said Trump: “The meeting was great!” Sessions is a leading opponent of the TPP. He has warned that the TPP could harm American workers and allow China to join the deal later without the approval of the U.S. Congress; he has also said that it won’t do anything to counter Chinese currency manipulation and could facilitate the flow of “foreign workers” into the United States.
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Oh boy. Didn’t Cruz vote for this?
BTTT
This could explain why some Cruz supporters attack trump so viciously.
Yes, I believe he did.
He did!..and he wouldn’t listen to Sessions......he even said Sessions was wrong.
(Actually I think/hope that Cruz wanted to be not so far from the GOPee as to be totally shunned in his run for POTUS. That vote was before Trump started the bomb throwing)
Did he ever explained why he voted for it?
Yes, Cruz did vote for TPP.
But you must understand: he is backed by GoldmanSachs, and Heidi Cruz is an expert on NAFTA and plays a part involved in international trade while being part of CFR. Senator Cruz himself supports open borders and an increase in H1B visas.
Yes, he did.
WHO'S GOT THE CRUZ PING LIST?
Seriously.....can you believe that a smart man like Cruz was fooled?
Sessions wasn’t fooled.
Yeah, but it doesn’t matter cuz he’s a brilliant debater and stuff
There is smart, and then there is wisdom.
Cruz is smart, but I don't think he is wise.
The things you mentioned are what turned me off to Cruz as being my #1 candidate. I’m just not sure that I totally trust him, and make no mistake - wives can and do influence their husbands.
Good point!
:)))
He did!..and he wouldn’t listen to Sessions......he even said Sessions was wrong.
That made me sick....like a punch in the gut, when Cruz did that to Sen Sessions.
Great tag line!
I could hardly believe it....
Quite honestly that’s when I started losing hope...
.....and then entered Mr. Trump!
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