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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWaPo Op Ed: Finally, frump does something GOP rejects: Tarrifs.
They're ok with Putin running the usa, and all the scandals, but this transgression affects their bottom line, so, they finally say no to the orangatan.
For nearly three years, Republican lawmakers have stood with Trump, offering only isolated protest, through all manner of outrage. Disparaging Mexican immigrants. Videotaped boasts about sexually assaulting women. Alleging that his predecessor put a wiretap on him. Falsely claiming massive voter fraud. Racism directed at a federal judge. The firing of James B. Comey. Talk of women bleeding. A payoff to a porn actress over an alleged affair. A defense of white supremacists in Charlottesville. Support for Senate candidate Roy Moore despite allegations of child molestation. The guilty pleas of Michael Flynn, George Papadopoulos and Rick Gates and the indictment of Paul Manafort. The botched travel ban and bungled repeal of Obamacare. Insulting Britain and other allies. Attacks on the FBI and judiciary and attempts to fire the attorney general. Talk of African shithole countries. Questions about his mental stability. The lethargic hurricane response in Puerto Rico. The stream of staff firings and resignations and personal and ethical scandals, most recently Tuesdays finding that Kellyanne Conway twice violated the Hatch Act.
Republican lawmakers were, by and large, okay with all that. But now Trump has at last gone too far. He has proposed tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum. And the Republican Party is in an all-out revolt.
House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (Wis.) fielded four questions at a news conference Tuesday morning and answered the same way four times: with a warning about the unintended consequences of Trumps proposed tariffs.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/finally-trump-does-something-republicans-cant-stomach/2018/03/06/dba3eb44-2181-11e8-86f6-54bfff693d2b_story.html?utm_term=.6948887ae15a
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WaPo Op Ed: Finally, frump does something GOP rejects: Tarrifs. (Original Post)
lindysalsagal
Mar 2018
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(297,154 posts)1. So I wonder who advised
trump to impose the tariffs.. or did he think that one up all on his own?
lindysalsagal
(20,670 posts)2. He's pandering to his base. Campaign promises.