The #House is set on Wednesday toconsider a #Democratic-written measure that would rescind #tariffs #Trump imposed on #Canada last year, taking a largely symbolic but politically consequential vote that #Republicans have fought for a year to prevent.
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Earlier Wednesday, Bacon suggested that as many as 30 #Republicans could join him in blocking the #tariffs. But as pressure from #GOP leadership offices & the White House escalated, the final number was far lower than many Republicans had been expecting.
…For some Republicans, the vote was not only a chance to push back on #Trump’s tariffs, but to reassert some of #Congress’ #authority that has been diminished in recent months.
Bacon, who is retiring this term, told CNN that he’s a #FreeTrade Republican who opposes this kind of intervention. But he also believes it’s #Congress’ duty to make the call on #tariffs, not the White House.
#Trump “needs to know that we’re not a rubberstamp,” Bacon said of his reasons for supporting the measure. He said he’s spoken with many #Republicans who agree but are afraid to speak out.
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Bacon, who is retiring this term, told CNN that he’s a #FreeTrade Republican who opposes this kind of intervention. But he also believes it’s #Congress’ duty to make the call on #tariffs, not the White House.
#Trump “needs to know that we’re not a rubberstamp,” Bacon said of his reasons for supporting the measure. He said he’s spoken with many #Republicans who agree but are afraid to speak out.
“From my vantage point, people feel like they’re in between a rock & a hard place because they don’t want to get on the bad side of the president,” Bacon said.
#Trump #MafiaState #Congress #law #economy #tariffs #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving
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“From my vantage point, people feel like they’re in between a rock & a hard place because they don’t want to get on the bad side of the president,” Bacon said.
#Trump #MafiaState #Congress #law #economy #tariffs #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving
"“From my vantage point, people feel like they’re in between a rock & a hard place because they don’t want to get on the bad side of the president,” Bacon said."
"they don’t want to get on the bad side of the president"
Yeah
Getting SWATTed at home, and having weird 2:00am pizza deliveries to where your kids live might do that to do you
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Speaker #MikeJohnson claimed #Trump was “not upset” with #House #Republicans who have voted to curb his executive authority on #tariffs. “He’s not upset. I just left the White House. He understands what’s going on. It’s not going to affect or change his policy. He can veto these things if they come to it,” he said.
But moments later Trump posted on Truth Social.
@Nonilex
He can veto tariff control? Why? This system is so stupid. SCOTUS should have ruled ages ago that no he fucking can't make tariff changes like a petulant child. -
“From my vantage point, people feel like they’re in between a rock & a hard place because they don’t want to get on the bad side of the president,” Bacon said.
#Trump #MafiaState #Congress #law #economy #tariffs #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving
@Nonilex
You're a co-equal branch of government!!! If you're afraid of offending Herr Orange, you done fucked up. -
6 #House #Republicans defy #Trump to block his #Canada #tariffs
In a vote that #GOP leaders fought hard to avoid, 6 Republicans sent a blunt message to Trump that they do not support the tariff regime that he has made the centerpiece of his 2nd term.
#law #economy #trade #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/11/politics/house-republicans-trump-canada-tariff-voteThat kind of revolt on a tax matter would see a Prime Minister replaced or a new election in a parliamentary system
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6 #Republicans joined with #Democrats in the vote to effectively repeal Trump’s #tariffs on #Canada, the culmination of months of consternation in the #GOP over Trump’s #trade war that has quietly rattled even some of his staunchest loyalists in #Congress.
The vote inevitably provoked a threat from #Trump, who took to Truth Social to warn of consequences for any Republican who votes against his tariffs, including primary challenges.
@Nonilex JFC, if gqp are so deathly afraid of primary challengers, let's threaten to primary all gqp.
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Hurd told CNN that #farmers & #SteelManufacturers in his district have been impacted by the #tariffs, & “at the end of the day, I looked at the #Constitution, I looked at what was in the best interest of my district, & I took the vote. It’s not easy, but it’s the right thing & I stand by it.”
Pressed on if he’s worried about #Trump’s wrath, Hurd responded, “I do the right thing, & what the consequences are, we’ll have to see.”
@Nonilex Hurd (CO-3) is scared. As he should be ...
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@Nonilex JFC, if gqp are so deathly afraid of primary challengers, let's threaten to primary all gqp.
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“From my vantage point, people feel like they’re in between a rock & a hard place because they don’t want to get on the bad side of the president,” Bacon said.
#Trump #MafiaState #Congress #law #economy #tariffs #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving
