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>he should be aiming those complaints at his own politicians Which Kentucky politician supported the tariffs? This one: "But Republican Senator Rand Paul, who represents Kentucky, said the tariffs will hurt local businesses and consumers in his home state"? Maybe famous Trump yes man Mitch McConnell? Or did you mean the Democrat governor? | ||
| ▲ | Terr_ 4 days ago | parent [-] | |
> Which Kentucky politician supported the tariffs? If you think that's some kind of "gotcha", you're out of touch. Back in March, virtually every single Republican in the House of Representatives voted to change the House rules to shield Trump's arbitrary tariffs from scrutiny. (With Massie as a notable exception, that's still a majority of Kentucky's delegation. [0]) They did this by suspending the part of the IEEPA which says any congressional action on the temporary Presidential "emergencies" needs to actually get heard and voted on within a certain number of days [1] and then just... never letting it be debated. That's a concrete and willful pro-Trump-tariff action right there, to say nothing of spoken support, like Rep. Barr's tweet that Trump's "approach on tariffs is the right one... I stand with President Trump 100%." > Or did you mean [Kentucky's] Democrat governor? You're grasping at straws here. You know individual states aren't able to impose international tariffs under the Constitution, right? ______________ [0] https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/KY#representatives [1] https://www.ntu.org/publications/detail/when-is-a-calendar-d... | ||