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To: Brumar89 who wrote (1138916)	6/3/2019 12:31:01 PM
From: locogringo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578245

Who cares? You are a hater. Trump denied it. Haters don't believe him at all, so GFY and post more lies. Truth does not matter to you any longer. You are lost and not worth the time and trouble to answer.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (1138916)	6/3/2019 12:37:36 PM
From: Brumar89	1 Recommendation Recommended By rdkflorida2 Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578245

Trump’s Tariffs Will Threaten GOP’s Senate Majority The president’s protectionism is putting several vulnerable Republican senators on the defensive. AP Photo/Andrew Harnik June 1, 2019, 8:21 p.m. President Trump’s abrupt threat to impose tariffs on Mexico doesn’t just threaten to stagnate the country’s economy and raise the price of goods for consumers back home. It poses a serious threat to Senate Republicans, who are fighting to hold their majority in battleground states that will suffer from a protracted trade war with our southern neighbor. It’s no coincidence that most of the Republican senators who spoke out against Trump’s move late last week are up for reelection next year. Even many reliable Trump allies came out with rare expressions of opposition, knowing their own political survival is on the line. Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa, representing a state whose farming industry has already been hit by Trump’s trade policies, was one of the first Republicans to call foul on his latest tariffs. "While I support the need for comprehensive border security and a permanent fix to illegal immigration, this isn’t the right path forward," Ernst said in a statement. "The livelihoods of Iowa farmers and producers are at stake.” Sen. Martha McSally of Arizona, who stood with Trump throughout her ill-fated 2018 campaign before being appointed to the state’s other seat, finally had enough. “While I support the President's intention of stopping unchecked illegal immigration, I do not support these types of tariffs, which will harm our economy and be passed onto Arizona small businesses and families,” she said. The move is especially awkward for McSally, coming just days after the administration’s petty request for the Navy to keep the USS John McCain warship out of the president’s sight during his recent trip to Japan. McSally, who holds McCain’s seat, has been trying to win back moderates alienated by Trump’s actions without losing support from his sizable base of supporters back home. Even in Texas, where Sen. John Cornyn looks to be in solid shape, the senator isn’t taking any political chances. Mexico is Texas’s top foreign trading partner, and the state would face the equivalent of $27 billion in taxes if all the threatened tariffs were implemented. “Senator Cornyn supports the president’s commitment to securing our border, but he opposes this across-the-board tariff which will disproportionately hurt Texas," a spokesman for the senator told The Dallas Morning News. What’s notable about these defections is that two of the senators hail from border states, where fighting illegal immigration is a top priority. When a bipartisan majority of senators rebuked Trump for overreaching his authority to declare an emergency at the border, McSally and Cornyn both stuck with the president. This time, however, the economic pain threatens to be so significant that they’re no longer willing to stand pat. With their political careers at stake, there wasn’t enough benefit to blindly stick with the president. It’s a contrast from the last crop of Republican Senate candidates who faced tough decisions over Trump’s tariffs. Back in 2018, farm-state Republicans like Missouri’s Josh Hawley and North Dakota’s Kevin Cramer supported the president’s tariff agenda against both political allies and adversaries. Back then, Hawley told National Journal: “ won this state by nearly 20 points, and who gave him that margin? Farmers. They say let’s see what the president’s next move is.” Those red-state GOP candidates had the luxury of running in states where Trump is very popular. They could afford to bet on the power of partisanship trumping economic reality. But for candidates like McSally (representing a state Trump won by 3.5 points), Ernst (Trump +9), and Cornyn (Trump +9), the Republican margins are much narrower. Farmers have had over a year to see what the president’s next move is, and they’re growing antsy. Many were willing to accept tariffs as a bargaining tool, but they expected results to come from the leverage. Even if a small number of that loyal GOP constituency defects from Trump, it will cause problems for Republicans. Combine that disillusionment with the growing anger from the reliably Republican business community, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has a looming crisis on his hands. nationaljournal.com