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Fox's Lou Dobbs: GOP Senators Opposing Trump's Mexico Tariffs Are ‘Traitors' to Their Country
2019-06-05
[Daily Beast] Fox Business Network host Lou Dobbs tore into Senate Republicans Tuesday night for opposing President Trump’s plans to impose tariffs on Mexico, calling the GOP lawmakers "traitors" to their country who are threatening to destroy it.

"The Republican Party in the Senate appears, to me, to be on the verge of committing absolute suicide," the Trump-boosting conservative host exclaimed, just hours after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) acknowledged that there’s "not much support" in the GOP caucus for the president’s tariffs, which many believe will only hurt U.S. businesses.

To Dobbs, however, disagreeing with the president is apparently nothing short of an existential crisis.

"The tragedy is they may well take this great Republic down with them," he said.

Still seething towards the end of the program, Dobbs brought on Fox News contributor Emily Compagno to discuss the Republicans’ warning to Trump. And he immediately began spouting off apocalyptic hyperbole.

"This is, I think, one of the darkest moments that I have seen in our capital for a long time," he declared. "This is an abject betrayal on the part of Mitch McConnell."
Posted by:Besoeker

#3  This has approximately 0.00 to do with tariffs and trade, despite the word 'tariff' being used. It's a sharp pointy stick to prod the Mexican govt into doing the right thing as far as illegal immigration.
Posted by: SteveS   2019-06-05 17:44  

#2  There is a decent chance some of these folks were Democrats that ran on the Republican ticket. Happens all the time, eventually they show their colors.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2019-06-05 09:39  

#1  The Republican Party is the stupid party.
The Democratic party is the evil party.

Members of Congress in both parties look out for themselves, and not for us.

I have Seth Moulton, FauxyLiz, and Comrade Weasel as my reps/senators. A stomach turning thing to reflect upon early in the morning (or any time for that matter).

Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2019-06-05 06:40  

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