Summary
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) warned of uncertainty over Trump’s sweeping new tariffs, saying, “In the long run, we’re all dead,” and slammed blind loyalty to the policy.
While Kennedy didn’t vote against Trump’s emergency tariff powers—unlike four GOP senators—he criticized the lack of clarity on economic impacts.
Trump imposed a 10% baseline tariff on all imports, falsely claiming foreign nations will bear the cost.
Kennedy told Newsmax that predictions on the tariffs’ effects are unreliable, adding anyone claiming certainty is “lying” or “selling deep stupid.”
If only…
“idiot votes for thing he is absolutely against”
like all conservatives, they lack the will or ability to think or act like autonomous human beings.
The political system is inherently set up for politicians to compromise for their self-interest — because money. For personal profit and/or to get re-elected. There was a decent New Yorker article I read on the matter a few years ago that suggested something along the lines that, even if a politician begins their career with the best intentions, the process of getting elected for higher and higher offices erodes those intentions. That’s even if they had any decent intentions to begin with, of course.
Politicians need to leave their opinions at the door. Their job is to express the will and goals of the people they represent.
We need to vote more dead weight out.
Their job is to express the will and goals of the people they represent.
Citizens United has entered the chat
That’s what would happen if something like Career Politicians were allowed to take over the system…
Oh wait… That happened decades ago… 🤦♀️ 🙄
🤡 🖕 🖕
they need mitch mcconnell to tell them what to do, unfortunately hes staying away like the snake he is from this mess. the true mastermind of the gop in the party was MITCH.
He’s a fucking liar.
If he voted for it, he isn’t against it.
“I mean, granted, I did absolutely no homework about tariffs, nor did I take what basically amounted to all of the economists warnings in consideration, but doggone it, I really thought this con-artist was on to something - and to that, I can’t help but feel a little misled. Is it really my responsibility to make the best decisions for my constituents? Accountability is for suckers and leaders.”
I did absolutely no homework about tariffs
Yep, it’s this bit that really got me:
While Kennedy didn’t vote against Trump’s emergency tariff powers he criticized the lack of clarity on economic impacts.
Understandable for some hillbilly gop voter to complain like that, but a senator? It’s his job to make informed decisions!
And what are the chances he knew, and didn’t vote against it regardless? Assuming Signalgate shows us the average intelligence of the current government, I’d say 50/50.
good thing this is not the kennedy related to brainworms and his family.
There seems to be too many of those.
“How dare they do this horrible thing that I voted for!”
Don’t tease me with a good time
wasn’t concerned enough about President Donald Trump’s steep international tariffs to vote against them Wednesday
Then shut the fuck up and enjoy your vote.
…. While Kennedy didn’t vote against Trump’s emergency tariff powers-
“In the long run we’re all dead” is just a quote from John Maynard Keynes IIRC (Keynesian economics)
Foghorn Leghorn is worried?
I was fine with the rape and the fraud and the endless lies and the misogyny and the racism and the homophobia and the transphobia and the corruption and the police brutality and the caged babies and the disappearing of citizens and the terrorism and the attempted coup and the autocracy and the ending the rule of law and the threats to invade neighboring countries and the building-a-golf-resort-on-top-of-a-genocide, but now he’s giving Wall Street the jitters, so I’m not so sure about this guy any more.
credit to https://mstdn.social/@Nickiquote/114275545356485888
I wish.
Senator Kennedy can go fuck himself for enabling Trump for the last decade. I’m glad he can see the disaster that’s going to swallow him and his colleagues coming.
Again, fucking over working Americans isn’t the issue, working white Americans that voted for this btw, not about their own jobs.
Live like a lemming, die like one, Trump trash.
Lol at directly quoting Keynes.
