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Politics : A Real American President: Donald Trump -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

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Tuesday, October 25, 2022 Don Surber: Republicans divorce the Chamber of Commerce ahead of the wave election Their D-I-V-O-R-C-E became final today. It is a glorious thing dripping with Trumpenfreude. The Chamber of Commerce gets to keep its money. Republicans look to get control of the House and Senate. The story said, "The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the nation’s biggest business lobby, is encountering challenges on multiple fronts as it seeks warmer relations with Democrats after years of lockstep loyalty to Republicans — a strategic shift that is souring relations with some GOP allies on Capitol Hill and alarming some members and state affiliates. "The blowback from Republicans threatens to further upend the Chamber’s longtime status as the most potent corporate lobby in Washington, just as the Biden administration pushes a sweeping agenda that includes significant tax hikes on big businesses and a raft of new regulations. And it comes amid a broader rift between corporate leaders, who have become more outspoken advocates of some progressive causes, and a Republican Party that increasingly sees political advantage in attacking business executives. "In recent months, the Chamber has been the object of sharp attacks by leading conservatives. Sen. Tom Cotton (Ark.) called it a 'front service for woke corporations.' Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) called it confused. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) was so irked by the Chamber’s decision to endorse 23 freshman House Democrats for reelection last fall that he said he doesn’t even want its endorsement anymore." So next year, the Chamber will not have its phone calls returned by the leader of the House or the leader of the Senate. The Chamber had been a fair-weather friend of Republicans since Obama became president. The Chamber basically used Republicans to get tax cuts while cozying to Democrats on an increasing number of issues. J6 was when the breakup became inevitable. On January 12, 2021, the New York Times reported, "The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the nation’s largest business lobbying group, condemned President Trump’s conduct that led to the siege of the Capitol last week and said on Tuesday that lawmakers who backed his efforts to discredit the election would no longer receive the organization’s financial backing. "The criticism was the latest backlash against Mr. Trump and Republicans from the business community, which has been united in its opposition to an assault on the democratic process, and represented a major rift in the traditional alliance between industry and the Republican Party." The Chamber overlooked the first rule of virtue signaling: It must not cost you a thing. I would argue that this cost them everything because while McConnell and McCarthy may have been happy to see Trump leave, they knew the Chamber did this to suck up to Pelosi who orchestrated the J6 riot by having the Capitol Police allow protesters inside. "House GOP candidates have decided they don't need corporate money, and big business doesn't want to deal with the baggage — or the insurrection." And of course, Republicans do not need the Chamber. Nate Silver at 538 gives Republicans a 45% chance of flipping both the House and the Senate. Everyone else gives the, much higher odds. Real Clear Politics has Republicans with a 225-175 lead in the House with 35 tossups. You need 218 sets to get a majority, RCP has the Senate going 53-47 Republican. By becoming irrelevant to the party that will soon hold Congress, the Chamber will become a luxury item for Corporate America just in time for a recession that will see companies cutting back on expenses. The Trumpenfreude has just begun.