President Donald Trump is back to threatening RINOs, this time going after the six such “moderates” who have tried to disrupt and dismantle his trade and reindustrialization agenda by boting against his tariffs, specifically his tariffs on far-left Canada. The president indicated that he would back primary election challenges against those who attacked his agenda.
For reference, President Trump has long made it clear that he sees his duty as being to follow in the footsteps of one of the Republican Party’s greatest presidents, President William McKinley, and use McKinley-style tariffs to encourage the redevelopment of American industry and push back on the unfair trade policies engaged in by other countries.
However, that agenda, though very popular with Trump’s MAGA base, has been repeatedly attacked and disrupted by both the Democrats and the “moderate” Republicans, who are in favor of generally free trade because of ideas about “efficiency,” whatever the cost to the American people and American industry of foreign trading partners cheating.
As such, the Democrats worked with the RINOs to force a measure into the House, where it had to be voted on, that would reverse President Trump’s national emergency at the northern border. They did so by using a mechanism called a privileged resolution, which forces votes on a matter over the objections of House majority leadership.
All of the Democrats and six House Republicans voted against the president on the matter. Those six Republicans were Reps. Dan Newhouse (WA), Kevin Kiley (CA), Don Bacon (NE), Jeff Hurd (CO), and Brian Fitzpatrick (PA). President Trump sounded off shortly before the vote occurred and vowed severe consequences.
Doing so in a post on his Truth Social social media account that came shortly before the vote occurred, the President angrily wrote, making his severe threat, “Any Republican, in the House or the Senate, that votes against TARIFFS will seriously suffer the consequences come Election time, and that includes Primaries!”
Adding to that, the president noted that his tariffs and other trade policies have meant that the trade deficit has, fortunately for Americans, fallen like a rock as the stock market has done quite well. He said, “Our Trade Deficit has been reduced by 78%, the Dow Jones has just hit 50,000, and the S&P, 7,000, all Numbers that were considered IMPOSSIBLE just one year ago.”
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Building on that, President Trump noted that the tariff policy in which he has engaged have been hugely positive for America, as they have led to other countries being much more willing to go along with American policies. He said, “In addition, TARIFFS have given us Great National Security because the mere mention of the word has Countries agreeing to our strongest wishes.”
Concluding, the president reiterated his point that the economic and natural security importance of tariffs make them a critical policy that RINOs can’t be allowed to destroy, saying, “TARIFFS have given us Economic and National Security, and no Republican should be responsible for destroying this privilege.”
Watch the vote that led to the tariffs vote here: