For decades and decades power been shifting from
Congress to Presidents. This has
disrupted the balance of power and constitutional scheme. Republicans had an opportunity to strike a
blow against this but were afraid of agitating Trump. Is he a President or a dictator?
“Republican senators are afraid of upsetting
President Donald Trump in this election year so they are not supporting his
amendment that would require Congress to approve of tariffs, Sen. Bob Corker,
R-Tenn., said in a fiery speech Tuesday.
Corker has been pushing
for his amendment, which would be tacked onto the National Defense
Authorization Act, to be put up for a vote amid Trump's
talk of placing tariffs on imports from certain countries. But Corker
said lawmakers do not want to make Trump upset.
"I heard the senator from Texas, the senior
senator from Texas, saying the other day, 'well, gosh, we might upset the
president. We might upset the president of the United States before the
midterms,'" said Corker, referring to Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas.
"'So, gosh, we can't vote on the Corker amendment because we're taking,
rightly so, the responsibilities that we have to deal with tariffs and
revenues, we can't do that because we'd be upsetting the president. The
president of the United States.'"
Corker said he is convinced more than 95 percent
of Republicans in the Senate chamber would vote yes on his amendment, but they
are afraid of what Trump might say about them with the midterms looming.
"'Gosh, we might poke the bear!' is the
language I've been hearing in the hallways," Corker said, his voice
rising. "'We might poke the bear. The president might get upset with us as
United States senators if we vote on the Corker amendment, so we're gonna do
everything we can to block it.'"
Some Republicans have finally begun to speak out
against the policy of separating parents from children at the border. When are they going to have the courage to
call out Trump for his tariffs which impede free markets and will hurt many
American businesses and jobs. When are
they going to speak out about his continual lying? It’s time for Republicans in Congress to stand
up and have some guts. They are a disgrace to 'the Party of Lincoln.'
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