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From Fox News: The Senate on Wednesday approved a resolution opposing President Donald Trump’s tariffs on imports from Canada hours after his event championing “Liberation Day.”
Four Republicans – Sens. Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell, of Kentucky; Susan Collins, of Maine; and Lisa Murkowski, of Alaska, sided with Democrats in voting for a resolution that would repeal the emergency declaration that permitted Trump to levy taxes on Canada by citing deadly fentanyl flowing across the border. The measure, introduced by Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., passed the upper chamber of Congress by a 51-48 vote.
The resolution likely won’t survive the GOP-controlled House, but its passage was a small victory for Democrats looking for their best attack line before the midterms.
Paul defended his decision to cross party lines in a speech on the Senate floor in which he quoted American revolutionary James Otis in saying, “Taxation without representation is tyranny.” The senator said it was that longstanding principle that originated from the Magna Carta that sparked the American revolution and was incorporated into the Constitution by the Founding Fathers.
In his rant on the Senate floor, Paul declared he is against tariffs, and called it a tax, “plain and simple.”
Rand Paul today on blocking Trump’s tariffs on imports from Canada: “Despite arguments to the contrary, Americans know tariffs are a tax they are going to have to pay.”
The Founding Fathers “so feared the power of taxation that they gave it only to Congress.”
“I stand to speak… pic.twitter.com/kTtk9kwvVc
— Rand Paul Review (@RandPaulReview) April 3, 2025
Paul appeared alongside Democrat Rep. Tim Kaine for a Fox News interview Wednesday evening, condemning Trump’s tariffs.
Democratic strategist Matt McDermott mocked, “How are things going politically for Republicans? Well, you currently have Rand Paul and Tim Kaine doing a joint appearance on Fox calling Trump’s tariffs insane.”
How are things going politically for Republicans? Well, you currently have Rand Paul and Tim Kaine doing a joint appearance on Fox calling Trump’s tariffs insane. pic.twitter.com/C0pkVg9IIv
— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) April 2, 2025
Senate approves resolution against Trump’s Canada tariffs hours after ‘Liberation Day’ event https://t.co/JEUOa2iYno
— Fox News Politics (@foxnewspolitics) April 3, 2025
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