*sigh*

Hastert Rule

I don't know if there are enough.

Dems should just step aside and let Trump/GOP destroy themselves. When the economy tanks as a result of his tariffs - only then will voters have clarity on how terrible Trump is. Polls showed that voters believed the economy was Trump's strong point. Should that advantage erode, it's curtains for Orange Man.

they show themselves helpless against his assault on democracy and everything else.

Not everyone will survive these tarriffs and to ask them to sacrifice their livelihoods to make a point isn't fair.
We shouldn't fear that it won't be bad enough under Trump. It will be. We have to mitigate the damage where we can.

This is how you rally the electorate. Challenge Republicans in the House to stand up like the 4 did in the Senate. There isn't a down side to this, even if we lose, we win. Besides, we're going to need Republicans to stand up to Trump at some point.
Blocking tariffs is a very popular rallying point with citizens of all parties, and is a good starting point in generating majorities to reign in Trump's imperial presidency.

how to we get them to vote against Trump on anything?

I would not be surprised that a Canadian knows how US government works better than the average US citizen...

US citizen doesn't understand how our government works. We are in some real deep shit!

Will post a link to a news story as soon as I find one from mainstream outlet.

I'd hate to see it die there, but without a lot of push...

MORE, Please!

So I think we will see that next.

That's it?

which Trump used as pretense for invoking the tariffs. It has teeth. Unfortunately, Trump will veto if the House passes, but it still is a huge victory and sends a strong message that multiple Republicans are not going to be rubber stamps for Trump on tariffs.

They are normalizing functional opposition to his weirder claims.

Whiskey and Bourbon, proximity to Canada. And ME AK have a lot of Canadians and probably family ties, more so than any other states.

So it's a good vote, but not a breakdown along ideological lines.

that Canada understand that the vast majority of Americans want nothing to do with Trump's abuse of their country, and that we have enormous affection for Canada and its citizens and are aware that our president is an out-of-control, demented lunatic.

Rand Paul was definitely not on my bingo card of defectors.

As a tariff is a tax and any type of tax (whether good or bad) is anathema to libertarians.

Paul fashions himself a libertarian of sorts.

It's a broken clock moment.

I didn't expect to see ANYTHING good from Rand Paul.

What got into him?

But he and Ron have always been consistent on their principles.

At Mitch McConnell he bears the lions share of the blame for trump not going away and now he thinks he can make it right? I mean by all means speak out but where was this in 2021? Its because he is retiring and no longer cares. Which means all this time he hated trump and what he was doing but stood by for his own power. The redemption arc is a tough sell for me.

"free trade?"

It's taking a huge hit.

It's one of the few issues where he has reasonable thoughts...

https://www.yahoo.com/news/gop-braces-potential-defeat-trump-181932167.html

Or is there more teeth to this than it appears?

SO if this does pass the House, Trump will surely veto it. Regardless, it's still significant to show that there a multiple Republicans who do not support Trump's unilateral tariff policies.

as they can claim during reelection that they voted against tariffs.

So Now they pass bipartisan legislation which directly repudiates a Trump policy priority -it's an action of significant substance - pretty much as strong and meaningful of an action as it is possible for them to take at this point given their minority status across the board, and you still complain.

And this will have no impact on any Republican's election chances. McConnell is retiring, Rand Paul voters aren't going to be pleased he voted with Democrats and Collins & Murkowski are known quantities at this point. This vote will be meaningless to their voters.

Just step aside and let the GOP own this mess - and when the economy tanks the voters can find out.

Because of Kentucky bourbon and Canadian thoroughbred brood mares shipping to Kentucky every year to be bred to the big time Kentucky stallions.

(It burnishes his credentials as a "libertarian&quot . McConnell is retiring and not going through another election so he can do whatever the hell he wants to do.

They should have impeached his ass after J6
Fuck them