GOP SEN. RAND PAUL HAS VOTES TO BLOCK TRUMP'S TARIFFS

Man Raju (CNN) ^ | April 27 | Man Raju

[RandFan]

"GOP Sen. Rand Paul says he expects to have enough votes in Senate to pass resolution to effectively block Trump’s tariffs. But Paul, who expects the vote Wednesday, attacked Speaker Johnson’s move to block such resolutions as “dishonesty.”"

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The background to this, via Politico:

The White House warned that Trump will veto a bipartisan Senate resolution that would terminate his sweeping global “Liberation Day” tariffs.

The statement of administration policy from the Office of Management and Budget, sent to congressional offices Monday, comes ahead of an expected vote this week forced by several Democrats led by Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon and Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky.

[wiseprince]

Hope this Dr goes back to his practice

[VTenigma]

Umm, no he doesn’t.

[RandFan]

That’s what is being reported

[wjcsux]

I like Rand but he is 100% wrong on this one.

[Glad2bnuts]

His Father and most Libertarians, would agree that taxation should be not on the backs of earners, but using tariffs to protect manufacturing. I can hardly understand the switch in Rands thinking.

[gildafarrell]

What a miserable piece of crap that breathes air.

[RandFan]

Please cut out the language it’s not called for. Rand is a patriot

[boycott]

I like Rand but he is 100% wrong on this one.

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I at one time liked Rand but those days are long over.

[madison10]

ROFL Not lately.

[mass55th]

LOL!! Rand gathering his RAT pals together to try to stymie President Trump’s tariffs. What a loser. The House has to vote on it, and Trump has already said he’d veto it if it came to his desk.

[wjcsux]

Tariffs are necessary to protect our industrial base. All you need to do is drive through the Great Lakes region of the country and see how “free trade” destroyed numerous communities. Thriving communities turned into hollowed out wastelands.

[mass55th]

"Hope this Dr goes back to his practice"

He likely sucks at that too, and ran for office because of it.

[VTenigma]

He may have the votes in the senate but it won’t even get to the floor in the house, and don’t forget Trump gets a vote.

[enumerated]

You are bothered by the word crap?

[mass55th]

"Rand is a patriot"

Depends on what your definition of a patriot is. He certainly wasn't a patriot on January 6th, when he turned-tail and changed his vote to accept, and not reject as he'd planned, Biden's fraudulent electors. He's an opportunist.

[Bullish]

Rand, if you’re hooking up with Ron Wyden then you’re dead and buried to me.

[MeanWestTexan]

Whatever RINO that participates in this signs his election defeat.

And that would be stupid, considering it would never be brought to vote in the house and would be vetoed by Trump.

Not even John Cornyn is dumb enough to participate .

[mass55th]

"You are bothered by the word crap?"

He probably doesn't even know that British plumber Thomas Crapper created the crapper.

[Olog-hai]

I agree about the language, but you’re using proof by assertion.