Sen. Ted Cruz has begged President Donald Trump to stop listening to the tariff hawks in his administration and “take the deal” countries are offering to lower trade barriers.

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    4 days ago

    I don’t disagree, but Cruz is being disingenuous that he doesn’t have a pathway. He could introduce legislation removing trump’s tariff powers. Even if it doesn’t pass, he could still force his colleagues to vote on the record to keep the tariffs in place.

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      4 days ago

      Cruz is being disingenuous that he doesn’t have a pathway

      Individually, he’s got as much say as Bernie Sanders or Cory Booker.

      He could introduce legislation removing trump’s tariff powers

      He didn’t even have to do that much. Just sign on to existing legislation. Cruz chickened out on that vote and left the Kentucky Chucklefucks, Collins, and Murkowski to do the heavy lifting. But it’s DOA in the House, so even this seems perfunctory.

      Dude’s a total slimeball and a deceitful POS, without a doubt. But with Schumer rolling over on general spending bills, he’s not even the first Senator in the line of people I’m angry at.