President Donald Trump pressured Sens. McConnell, Paul, Collins, and Murkowski in a Truth Social post ahead of an upcoming vote to scuttle his Canadian tariffs.
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PresidentDonaldTrumpcalledoutGOPSens.MitchMcConnellandRandPaulofKentucky,SusanCollinsofMaine,andLisaMurkowskiofAlaska,inanefforttoapplypublicpressurebeforetheSenatevotesonameasuretoscuttlehisCanadiantariffpolicy.
ThejointresolutionwouldterminatethenationalemergencyTrumpdeclaredregardingillicitdrugsandCanada—inhisexecutiveorder,TrumpcalledforslappingtariffsonAmerica’snorthernneighbor.
InalengthyTruthSocialpostshortlybefore1a.m.onWednesday,thepresidentsuggestedthatthefourGOPsenatorshave“TrumpDerangementSyndrome.”
“MitchMcConnellofKentucky,SusanCollinsofMaine,LisaMurkowskiofAlaska,andRandPaul,alsoofKentucky,willhopefullygetontheRepublicanbandwagon,forachange,andfighttheDemocratswildandflagrantpushtonotpenalizeCanadaforthesale,intoourCountry,oflargeamountsofFentanyl,byTariffingthevalueofthishorribleanddeadlydruginordertom
