Summary
Ted Cruz warned that Trump’s tariffs could trigger a GOP “bloodbath” in the 2026 midterms, citing inflation and market fallout as major risks.
On his Verdict podcast, Cruz criticized tariffs as taxes on consumers and urged they be short-lived.
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 plunged nearly 10% over two days. Senator Rand Paul and others echoed concerns, with Paul warning tariffs could add $5,000–$15,000 to car prices.
Senator Chuck Grassley has introduced a bill requiring congressional approval of tariffs within 60 days or automatic expiration.
Again, Republicans are worried about their own jobs and power, not about any of the problems of the working American family, the average white fucking American family that voted for this btw.
Please let a literal bloodbath consume the Republicans
Please let this blubbering shitbag be included in that bloodbath.
It dont matter to this mf, t*xas will still elect republicans, republicans can kill their dogs, send their kids to the mines and rob them for all they have and they would STILL vote for them to own the libs.
Elections… ha! Obviously Trump is keeping him outside the loop on future plans.
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His big worry is re-election, not the people this will hurt.
I’m glad to see that people here aren’t reveling in looming economic disaster just because it might mean that their team gets to be in power.
In a properly designed and functioning system, reelection and caring about the people should go hand in hand. Stop caring, treat them like crap, someone gets to replace you.
We are not in a well designed, well functioning system.
And the people are still cheering him on, swinging their fat fists, because they don’t want to lose to the blue team.
The people complaining are literally the only people with the power to actually do something about it.
All of this could end tomorrow.
I will guarantee you can get all Democrats on board with a bill that reclaims the power of levying tariffs as outlined in Article 1 of the Constitution. Reclaim the powers and nullify all tariffs that have been imposed by Trump since his inauguration. Even half of Republicans and all Democrats would be enough to cover the 2/3 in the Senate needed to override a Trump veto.
That’s it. That’s all it would take and this whole thing would be over. But anyone in the GOP that is complaining about these tariffs while holding the power to actually do something about it isn’t actually complaining. It’s performance art. Don’t listen to what they say, look at how they vote. If they’re saying they’re against it while voting in favor of it, they’re lying to you.
And these people are all lying to you. They will vote in lockstep when push comes to shove.
Republicans, and authoritarians more generally, value group solidarity more than anything else. They are in a very real and very important sense stupid, bad, people.
There’s a bipartisan bill in the Senate right now to force the tariffs to expire after 60 days if not approved by Congress. So they’re at least putting on a show of doing something. It mentioned it on the blurb up top
Unfortunately the damage has been done. Even if it’s reverses, most foreign investors aren’t coming back to the US market
These republicans twice literally just had to say one word, “yes,” when the impeachment votes happened in the Senate, and Trump would never have had power over them (and us) again, like magic.
Dems actually did introduce a bill to do essentially that in the Senate for tarrifs on Canada. It passed 51-48 with only 4 republicans breaking rank. Notably in this case, Ted Cruz voted against that bill
I should note it’s unlikely Mike Johnson will ever put it up for a vote in the house. If he did and it passed, it will likely get vetoed. Without more republicans breaking rank it’s not going to be able to get to the 2/3 of congress needed to veto override
Need to see more republicans with spines for this bill to get through
https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00160.htm
Reclaim the powers and nullify all tariffs that have been imposed by Trump since his inauguration.
Why stop with trump’s tariffs?
If their masters tell them to vote against tariffs, they’ll do so. These politicians hold no actual power. They are the mouthpieces standing in front of the monsters who hold actual power. And they don’t give a shit about anyone or anything.
His real name is Rafael. He doesn’t believe in preferred names.
Also, only a literal bloodbath of republicans will suffice.
doesnt matter if you’re a reptilian that migrates to cancun to shed your skin.
Of course Ted fucking Cruz is concerned with getting reelected, not, you know; the whole horrific collapse of the stock market, wiping out the 401ks and retirement savings of any of his constituents who even had them.
Or the financial harm that absolutely will translate into direct harm as people can’t afford to fucking eat.
No no. It’s that the party that caused this fucking disaster won’t stay in power. That’s the real reason they need to act.
and then the many trumpers that are dependant medicaid/care which Dr, snakesoilman will cutoff soon.
That’s definitely next. But the tariffs are absolutely going to fuck people over.
Then increased cost of food and other necessities is only the first part.
The next is companies finding ways to skimp where they can. I.e. payroll. They’re going to lean up and dump “extraneous” employees. Maybe reduce staffing below redundancy and fuck coverage. Maybe reneg on promised raises. And closing down unprofitable stuff. Maybe move to using AI for ever increasingly stupid applications.
The shockwave in the markets is only just beginning.
Holy shit, is that the Zodiac Killer?
Imagine being the poor asshole that has to listen to his podcast and then make a headline out of it
No thanks lol
First. Fuck Ted Cruz. Second. It’s not just tariffs you fucking dumb cunt. It’s the whole toxic and traitorous Republican Party.
Raphael, Raphael doesn’t like people using preferred names, or pronouns.
Stop it Rafael, I can only get so erect.
