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Senate Republicans Warn White House Against Mexico Tariffs
NYT ^ | 6/4/2019 | Catie Edmondson and Maggie Haberman

Posted on 06/04/2019 1:52:31 PM PDT by semimojo

Republican senators sent the White House a sharp message on Tuesday, warning that they were opposed to President Trump’s plans to impose tariffs on Mexican imports, just hours after the president said lawmakers would be “foolish” to try to stop him.

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“I want you to take a message back” to the White House, Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas, told the attorneys, according to people familiar with the meeting. “You didn’t hear a single yes” from the Republican conference. He called the proposed tariffs a $30 billion tax hike on Texans.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; Government; Mexico; News/Current Events
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To: shanover

Washington is a complete cesspool.

**************

Yes, its worse than a swamp. Its a fetid miasma of corruption that is taking this country down. And we are running out of time.

Trump really does need to start a new party as there there is almost no daylight between the GOP and the Dems.


81 posted on 06/04/2019 2:59:18 PM PDT by Starboard
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To: dljordan

Sorry, but an electorate who hated them would not keep reelecting them.


82 posted on 06/04/2019 3:12:48 PM PDT by Ingtar
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To: semimojo; All

“Looks like border state politics trumps all. “

Nah.

They’ll talk a bunch of sh!t, but they will not vote against this POTUS on a border issue.

Especially as we approach election season.

That’s WHY Trump is daring them. He knows, and they know he knows, they will NOT vote to overturn this action.

Take that to the bank.

But they have to talk tough for the CoC masters.


83 posted on 06/04/2019 3:15:18 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Ingtar

“Sorry, but an electorate who hated them would not keep reelecting them.”

Perhaps I should have said that the people that actually think about things hate them.


84 posted on 06/04/2019 3:17:01 PM PDT by dljordan
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To: cdcdawg

“Senate Republicans warn ... Scary.”

They must think they’re the executive branch.


85 posted on 06/04/2019 3:24:41 PM PDT by myerson
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To: semimojo

So, this morning it was a few House members making a stink, and now it’s Ted and a few other LOSERS in the Senate working against OUR President in his efforts to try to STOP the invasion on our southern border?

YOU’RE FIRED!

Shut Up, Ted. Just. Shut. Up.

My fondest wish? When President Trump is done with his next term (Landslide, 2020) he starts a Third Party, hand-selecting candidates that have been schooled by him, personally.

That’ll really MAGA the Shiite out of the current RINO Quislings, LOL!


86 posted on 06/04/2019 3:31:03 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (We come from the earth, we return to the earth, and in between we garden.~Alfred Austin)
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To: semimojo

They need to listen to their constituents, who are across the board overall in favor of ending illegal immigration.


87 posted on 06/04/2019 3:33:31 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: Ancesthntr; All
Trump is the only guy willing to negotiate from a position of strength, and I LIKE IT!

*TRUMP BUMP*

88 posted on 06/04/2019 3:34:11 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (We come from the earth, we return to the earth, and in between we garden.~Alfred Austin)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

No, they didn’t, but they probably would bow up for real on President Trump. Anything to spite their base and to curry favor with their enemies.


89 posted on 06/04/2019 3:41:17 PM PDT by cdcdawg (If white, western culture makes you feel out of place, THAT IS BECAUSE IT IS NOT YOUR PLACE!)
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To: semimojo

The only thing worse than a Republican is a Democrat.


90 posted on 06/04/2019 3:43:54 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant.)
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To: Sam Gamgee

One was bought, the other naught.


91 posted on 06/04/2019 3:54:40 PM PDT by goodtomato (I'm really, really blessed!)
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To: dljordan

That is the truth.


92 posted on 06/04/2019 3:56:56 PM PDT by Ingtar
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To: wiseprince

Yup.


93 posted on 06/04/2019 3:57:40 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Sam Gamgee

“To think I preferred Cruz over Trump.”

Me too. And it’s time to give mea culpa number thirteen.


94 posted on 06/04/2019 4:02:29 PM PDT by Luke21 (Vote, vote, vote doesn't work, work work.)
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To: wiseprince

Yup.


95 posted on 06/04/2019 4:04:47 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: semimojo
@SenateGOP is the twitter address for these clowns. Let 'em have it!!
96 posted on 06/04/2019 4:05:18 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: semimojo

https://youtu.be/XjRleCLC7XM

Parody video of democrats....UNTIL...11:12 minutes when a town hall audience member utterly demolishes (RHINO) Republican Justin Amash of Michigan’s 3rd district for not supporting Trump.


97 posted on 06/04/2019 4:09:14 PM PDT by Fitzy_888 ("ownership society")
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To: Williams

That they’ve done nothing about changing the asylum laws, which is at the heart of the problem, tells you everything. They want the cheap labor. It’s pure greed.


98 posted on 06/04/2019 4:09:28 PM PDT by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: Scott from the Left Coast

The U.S. Senate is the most corrupt institution in the history of the country.

And it isn’t because of only the Democrat members.


Follow the money. It always takes you to the answer.

McConnel and the Chinese connection

Only one of many.


99 posted on 06/04/2019 4:09:46 PM PDT by old curmudgeon (There isTha no situation so terrible, so disgraceful, that the federal government can not make worse)
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To: elpadre

I went to El Paso in April to see what the heck is going on...what I saw was UN believable....hundreds and hundreds of “ refugees” came to our little shelter every day. They then were sent by bus or plane( mostly bus of course) to their “ sponsors” town...I just kept saying to myself “ where is Ted Cruz?”...it was an absolute emergency. FUTC


100 posted on 06/04/2019 4:17:10 PM PDT by R.I.chopper
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