Summary

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) warned of uncertainty over Trump’s sweeping new tariffs, saying, “In the long run, we’re all dead,” and slammed blind loyalty to the policy.

While Kennedy didn’t vote against Trump’s emergency tariff powers—unlike four GOP senators—he criticized the lack of clarity on economic impacts.

Trump imposed a 10% baseline tariff on all imports, falsely claiming foreign nations will bear the cost.

Kennedy told Newsmax that predictions on the tariffs’ effects are unreliable, adding anyone claiming certainty is “lying” or “selling deep stupid.”

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    “idiot votes for thing he is absolutely against”

    like all conservatives, they lack the will or ability to think or act like autonomous human beings.

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      The political system is inherently set up for politicians to compromise for their self-interest — because money. For personal profit and/or to get re-elected. There was a decent New Yorker article I read on the matter a few years ago that suggested something along the lines that, even if a politician begins their career with the best intentions, the process of getting elected for higher and higher offices erodes those intentions. That’s even if they had any decent intentions to begin with, of course.

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        That’s what would happen if something like Career Politicians were allowed to take over the system…

        Oh wait… That happened decades ago… 🤦‍♀️ 🙄

        🤡 🖕 🖕

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        Politicians need to leave their opinions at the door. Their job is to express the will and goals of the people they represent.

        We need to vote more dead weight out.

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          Their job is to express the will and goals of the people they represent.

          Citizens United has entered the chat

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      22 hours ago

      they need mitch mcconnell to tell them what to do, unfortunately hes staying away like the snake he is from this mess. the true mastermind of the gop in the party was MITCH.