97% Of House GOP would let Trump tariffs ransack America

[samplegirl]

Congressional Cowards is a weekly series highlighting the worst Donald Trump defenders on Capitol Hill, who refuse to criticize him—no matter how disgraceful or lawless his actions.

If vulnerable GOP lawmakers wanted to show they won't be a rubber stamp for President Donald Trump's least popular policies, voting to cancel his destructive tariffs—which have raised prices for American consumers and hampered the job market—would have been an easy place to start.

Tariffs are overwhelmingly unpopular, with large majorities disapproving of the policy and saying that the Supreme Court should negate the tariffs.

Yet on Wednesday night, 97% of House Republicans—including a number of the most vulnerable lawmakers in the 2026 midterms—voted against ending Trump's lawless levies on imported goods from Canada, caving to threats from their Dear Leader who has admitted to using tariffs to try to get his way with foreign leaders. A day earlier, just three House Republicans broke rank to even reclaim their own power to set tariffs.

Daily Kos

[Vinca]

1. The campaign ads are writing themselves.

[samplegirl]

2. Truly

America need to vote accordingly. If we aren't hijacked!

[OldBaldy1701E]

3. They know it is 'getting rid of' the undesirables that they don't want.

You know... anyone else who is not a mindless drone and will follow the orange gibbon forever, because they are rich enough to weather this.

We could stop it.... but...

[sop]

4. WSJ: 'Supreme Court's Next Chances to Rule on Trump's Tariffs: Feb. 20, 24 and 25'

Trump is scheduled to deliver this year's State of the Union address on February 24. Many believe the SC will rule against his tariffs. Given his precarious mental state, and all the shit going on in recent months, Trump's SOTU spectacle mignt be worth watching.

[WestMichRad]

7. I can tell you right now that...

Ain’t no way I’m gonna watch that bloviating pile of dung give a state of the union speech. Can stand to listen to his rambling blather. I’ll wait for a news story.

[sop]

9. Endlessly replayed excerpts of his lies and insanity will do it for me, the rest will be sickening.

No doubt corporate media will spend more time showing fawning Republican representatives clawing at him as he enters the chamber - obsequiously hoping to catch his eye, shake his pudgy little hand and receive a bit of public approval, and more importantly, be seen doing so by their MAGA constituents - than they will discussing the many stupidities he will utter.

[samplegirl]

10. I can't watch him

we all know it's a pack of lies.

[JohnnyRingo]

5. Our next step has to be to retake the gavel in Congress.

It's going to hard with republicans employing voter suppression but we have to get out enough votes to counter their efforts.
From there we can hold the Oval Office accountable.

[samplegirl]

11. I hope we can without

interference so bad we are hopeless.

[Historic NY]

6. Dumb Ass scrapped his own trade agreement from the first term (Art of the DEal)

and is now going after both Canada and Mexico when we had a FREE Trade Agreement in the first place. His pea brain doesn't understand a balance of trade. He thinks they should buy as much as we sell to them. Would a sane person buy 10 toasters when one is enough?

[DFW]

8. 97% of the House GOP would allow people to keep Komodo Dragons as housepets

Just as long as it wasn't in their state.