THIS Republican senator is leading the charge against Trump’s tariffs

MSN / WaPo ^ | April 7 | Story by Liz Goodwin, Theodoric Meyer

[RandFan]

This is incredible Rand getting a lot of coverage and yes, I realize it's only because he is opposing Trump on this issue

[Obadiah]

Rand is getting the payoff he sought. He is becoming the McCain darling of the media, invited to all the talk shows, all the accolades. Gee, it sure feels great to be lionized by the MSM.

[Resolute Conservative]

Libertarians are not firebrand, they are milk-toast.

[central_va]

He’s McCain without all the charm and good looks.

[Tell It Right]

Sen. Rand Paul — a right-wing firebrand from a deep red state...

The same "deep red" state that elected The Turtle for 4 decades.

[Jane Long]

Sit down, Randy.

[1Old Pro]

I’m done with Rand Paul.

[silverleaf]

The democrats have found a new McCain, Maverick, reaching across that aisle
The party doesn’t need this
The country doesn’t need this
Rand Paul seems to need this

[central_va]

Libertarians are not nationalists. Only a nationalist can be a patriot. By definition libertarians are not patriots.

[central_va]

Anyone got his next door neighbor's phone number?

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Whether we have tariffs and the extent of those tariffs is a good debate to have. I don’t mind that there is opposition within the Republican Party. There is a real question about their effectiveness. But Trump re-opening the issue is good too. For too long, the consensus was that tariffs are bad and could not be used to stop the hollowing out of large segments of the American economy. I’m happy to see how this debate plays out. I suspect that we’ll end up with tariffs with specific goals and a defined negotiating strategy, which will be a good result.

[PGalt]

HOORAY President Trump!

[Racketeer]

Well I’ll be!! A Republican Senator gets praised by the Democrats and RINO’s for bashing POTUS Trump policies.

I mean, who would have thought that could happen?

[proxy_user]

A Congressman saying that Congress should exercise the power it was assigned by the Constitution? This is indeed a novelty.

[Rennes Templar]

Let’s see. A doctor vs an international billionaire business developer/trader.
Who has more experience on tariff outcomes?

[alamogal]

Rand is Wrong here..needs to back off..

[Alberta's Child]

He's not wrong on principle. I would ask the obvious question in response:

How is it that the U.S. government has operated for almost 95 years with all of these FDR-era "emergency powers" handed over by Congress to the executive branch of government ... and nobody in Congress ever saw fit to correct it?

[JayGalt]

You might consider avoiding posting these types of Rand Paull articles if you don’t want to completely trash his reputation.

[central_va]

Rand should expect a primary challenger in ‘28. Americans have long memories.

[nathanbedford]

I don’t want to live under emergency rule. I don’t want to live where my representatives cannot speak for me and have a check and balance on power.”

The good Doctor has a point but he has raised it at the wrong time about the wrong issue. Ironically, his point is good only because Congress has abdicated its responsibility to the president on the issue of tariffs, just as it has on a host of issues abdicated its constitutional duties to the executive branch.

If Congress had not permitted itself to become dysfunctional on this and virtually every issue, we might have a serious constitutional debate about checks and balances and the role of Congress vs. the executive. But we don't have a functional Congress and we do have $36 trillion debt.

The time for debate is over.