{"id":13300,"date":"2025-05-09T11:02:37","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T11:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=13300"},"modified":"2025-05-09T11:02:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T11:02:37","slug":"three-republicans-betray-trump-in-infuriating-stab-in-the-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=13300","title":{"rendered":"Three Republicans Betray Trump in Infuriating Stab in the Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a blatant display of disloyalty, three Senate Republicans contradicted the rest of the party\u2019s senators in a vote that almost derailed President Trump\u2019s tariff strategy, with the ruling coming in at 49-49 and Republicans narrowly avoiding contradicting the president.<\/p><div class=\"sojye69f60f9d06db9\" ><div style=\"width:100%; max-width:1200px; margin:0 auto;\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/bolt-casino.com?r=0BFDBF1283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n    <img \n      src=\"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8693ebb-2018-480f-a2f7-0096810c07f0.jpg\" \n      alt=\"200% Deposit Bonus + 10% Cashback\" \n      style=\"width:100%; height:auto; display:block; border-radius:8px; cursor:pointer;\"\n    \/>\n  <\/a>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 1201px) {\r\n.sojye69f60f9d06db9 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 993px) and (max-width: 1200px) {\r\n.sojye69f60f9d06db9 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 769px) and (max-width: 992px) {\r\n.sojye69f60f9d06db9 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 768px) {\r\n.sojye69f60f9d06db9 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\r\n.sojye69f60f9d06db9 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n\n<p>For context, on April 30, 2025, the Senate responded to President Trump\u2019s recently introduced global tariff strategy with a vote that would have reversed the tariffs imposed on Canada, which several Senate Republicans \u2014 Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), favored, going against the rest of their party and the president himself in a move that attracted criticism from fellow senators.<\/p>\n<p>Before the vote, Sen. Murkowski asserted in an April 10, 2025, speech that she sided with the Democrats on tariffs and wanted to counteract President Trump, saying, \u201cI think it\u2019s time for Congress to reassert itself, whether it\u2019s on tariffs, whether it\u2019s on the power of appropriation, whether it\u2019s overseeing the bodies, the agencies that we as a body have authorized.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Sen. Murkowski granted that President Trump\u2019s efforts to restore manufacturing to the U.S. were \u201cimportant\u201d and \u201cadmirable.\u201d Nevertheless, she argued that \u201cthere has been general agreement that the message from the administration has been decidedly mixed.\u201d She added, \u201cWhich leads to further confusion among our trading partners and our allies. If nobody understands where the finish line is, it\u2019s hard to reach it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA), a longtime ally of President Trump, defended Trump\u2019s tariff strategy, telling the press, \u201cPeople are willing to give the president an opportunity to prove that the new system works.\u201d Similarly, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) said that the results of the recent vote make it clear that senators \u201cbelieve that the President\u2019s policies deserve to be tried and see if they\u2019re successful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following the vote, backlash from the right was swift. After Sen. Rand Paul voted to block the tariffs, Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) reportedly criticized Sen. Paul\u2019s decision to CNN\u2019s Boris Sanchez, saying, \u201c[Trump\u2019s] doing things the new way. If Rand Paul wants to get together with Bernie Sanders to fight Donald Trump, well, that\u2019s on him. I know that I\u2019m here to fight Democrats, not to work with Democrats to undermine what President Trump is trying to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the same interview, Rep. Fine staunchly defended President Trump\u2019s Tariff strategy, saying, \u201cLook, tariffs are apparently a great idea when other countries do them, but when President Trump wants to level the playing field by fighting back, everyone loses their courage.\u201d He added, \u201cHe\u2019s trying to create a fundamental reordering in how we think about trade policy in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watch Sen. Rand Paul\u2019s critique of Trump\u2019s tariffs:<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content-asset videofit\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rand Paul Stabs Trump Admin, MAGA In Back With Opposition To America First Agenda\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ljwe_clSEcU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a blatant display of disloyalty, three Senate Republicans contradicted the rest of the party\u2019s senators in a vote that almost derailed President Trump\u2019s tariff strategy, with the ruling coming in at 49-49 and Republicans narrowly avoiding contradicting the president. 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