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Let's talk about congress cosigning Trump's economy....

Beau of The Fifth Column

Beau of The Fifth Column

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🗓️ 2 May 2025

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Let's talk about congress cosigning Trump's economy....

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0:00.0

Well, howdy there, Internet people, it's Bell again.

0:04.0

So today, we're going to talk about the Senate GOP, co-signing Trump's economy.

0:10.0

On Wednesday, Senate Republicans had the chance to distance themselves from the economic turmoil Trump is causing.

0:18.0

A resolution was put forward to effectively end Trump's Liberation

0:23.0

Day tariffs. Almost all Republicans voted to keep the tariffs, and therefore the economic

0:29.0

uncertainty in place. Three Republicans voted to curtail Trump, and given the fact that this

0:35.7

is shaping up to be a big deal in 2026, I feel like we should

0:39.7

name those who tried to avoid what's coming. Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Rand Paul of

0:46.1

Kentucky, and Susan Collins of Maine. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky was expected to be a no vote,

0:53.1

but didn't make it to the vote. From what I understand,

0:56.3

he's ill. His office put out a statement saying, quote, he believes that tariffs are a tax increase

1:03.8

on everybody. Democratic Senator Sheldon White House of Rhode Island also missed the vote. He was

1:10.6

coming back from a trip in South

1:12.0

Korea. If they had been present, the resolution would have passed. In fact, the vote count was thought

1:19.0

to be so secure that some outlets actually ran articles, acting like it was a done deal,

1:24.9

and the vote was just a formality. Because of the absences,

1:29.1

the vote was tied, and Vice President Vance wound up having to break the tie. Republican Senator

1:35.1

Rand Paul doesn't seem to believe this affair is over, saying, quote, it's still a debate

1:41.4

worth having, because you know, if a month from now we have massive tariffs

1:46.2

go on and we have a massive sell-off in the stock market, and we didn't have a first good

1:52.2

quarter in growth, and if it's worse again in the second quarter, people would start asking,

1:58.1

is it good policy or is it a bad policy? Meanwhile, Republican leadership

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