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Bill to to revoke Trump's "emergency order" to bypass congress in proclaiming tariffs failed because two senators were absent. (www.cnn.com)

submitted 1 week ago by btaf45@lemmy.world to c/usa@midwest.social

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Vice President JD Vance traveled to Capitol Hill late Wednesday to cast a tie-breaking vote in the Senate that killed a bipartisan effort to rebuke President Donald Trump’s trade policy.

Earlier in the evening, the Senate rejected the resolution that would have effectively blocked Trump’s global tariffs by revoking the emergency order the president is using to enact them. Two senators who were set to vote for the resolution, Republican Mitch McConnell and Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse, were absent, allowing the resolution to fail 49-49.

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[–] theotherbelow@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 1 week ago

They think they sent a message. They are too stupid to know that no one is home.

[+] Cocopanda@futurology.today -58 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (40 children)

I’m sorry. But don’t roll these back. The country voted for this. I’m willing to take the pain of the situation. So the stupid Trumpers will suffer. I have access to family farms that have the country’s fruit basket in my state. I’ll be able to survive because I can get to food easily. Sucks that others won’t be so lucky. But there is no reason to stop the tariffs. Let the hurt educate people.

Edit: I don’t give a fuck if this upsets people. Let the fucker burn. Burn baby burn! Fire it up! Fire it up! Fire it up!

[–] YarHarSuperstar@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Wow. You suck.

[–] Initiateofthevoid@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

You can't tell that this is the same logic they used to justify tariffs? "We (the wealthy and priviliged) can handle short term pain, it's worth it"

It's just... not good reasoning. At all. It's intentionally destructive for ultimately no purpose.

You want to stop Trump because he is hurting people... and you want to do that, by letting him hurt people.

[–] 10001110101@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

I agree, and I probably won't be fine. A failed dictatorship is better than a successful one.

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