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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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These idiots passed the CR, and knew it was going to happen lmao tf? is this
In the long run, we’re all dead
Yeah, that’s the plan. But you guys could have predicted that because we all did.
Any military workers/veterans in here? When are you gonna uphold your sworn oath to the constitution?
A very highly placed officer would have to take the first step. Servicemen have no access to their weapons or ammunition, this goes double for anything heavier than a rifle. To gain access to any sort of weapons it would take a large conspiracy. Without proper organization and a supply chain even the most capable individual is just a lone crank.
A very highly placed officer would have to take the first step.
They too have sworn an oath, not only talking about infantry or gruntworkers. More and more that oath seems like a joke.
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I’ve been screaming my head off against that asshole for ten years, and I can’t rally democrats to do anything more than play tambourine and sing kumbaya.
If they haven’t by now, and they haven’t, they aren’t going to.
Foghorn Leghorn is worried?
“How dare they do this horrible thing that I voted for!”
Couldn’t happen to a more deserving pack of rodents.
don’t hate on rodents
John Kennedy should be drinking Night Train Express from a paperbag behind the Circle K. He’s helped assure that the billionaires will eventually become trillionaires once they vulture all the tanked stocks. He’ll be rewarded for it, don’t you worry your pretty head about his “concerns”.
There was that no kings act bill. Why not dig that back up?
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.)is all about blind loyalty.
“I mean, granted, I did absolutely no homework about tariffs, nor did I take what basically amounted to all of the economists warnings in consideration, but doggone it, I really thought this con-artist was on to something - and to that, I can’t help but feel a little misled. Is it really my responsibility to make the best decisions for my constituents? Accountability is for suckers and leaders.”
I did absolutely no homework about tariffs
Yep, it’s this bit that really got me:
While Kennedy didn’t vote against Trump’s emergency tariff powers he criticized the lack of clarity on economic impacts.
Understandable for some hillbilly gop voter to complain like that, but a senator? It’s his job to make informed decisions!
And what are the chances he knew, and didn’t vote against it regardless? Assuming Signalgate shows us the average intelligence of the current government, I’d say 50/50.
good thing this is not the kennedy related to brainworms and his family.
“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.
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.
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.
Their job is to express the will and goals of the people they represent.
Citizens United has entered the chat
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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He’s a fucking liar.
If he voted for it, he isn’t against it.
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.
Dam maybe they should stop voting for it and enabling it.
It’s like they want to support a fascist coup and not be executed when it goes wrong.
Glad the senator sees it.
He gives us lip service, but actions speak louder than words.
That’s my thinking here, like… Is he the first of many to realize they were wrong? Or will most of them just go down with the cult ship shouting praise the whole way?
They always express their concerns as soon as they have finished voting in favor.
If only these Republicans “speaking out” against Trump decimating the economy were members of some kind of political body with the power to stop this executive overreach…
It must be nice to be dead and still able to live comfortably. Are they really worried about re-election? Who are their constituency going to vote for, a Democrat?
I was there for the “Republican Autopsy.” It wasn’t a death throe of the party at all. They reconfigured themselves in to a memetic virus of toxic masculinity and populism, built on a foundation of conspiracy-oriented magical thinkers and their fear of everything different from themselves. Republican voters don’t give a damn about reality, they vote like they do so they can live in and perpetuate a mad fantasy. They will never stop, it’s all they have.
