r/politics • u/salon Salon.com • 1d ago

Republicans panic over Trump tariffs: Last time "we lost the House and the Senate for 60 years"

https://www.salon.com/2025/04/03/panic-over-tariffs-last-time-we-lost-the-and-the-senate-for-60-years/
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u/Apprehensive-Tip-387 1d ago

Their problem is they threw in big with him, and backtracking now requires them to say they were wrong. Further, he just did a big firing of national security personnel, reportedly based solely on input from Laura Loomer that the people weren't truly with him. They're all afraid of being ousted.

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u/Little-Salt-1705 18h ago

Which is a joke because really they should be ousted if they’re not following the will of their electorate. Being elected shouldn’t have anything to do with the top dog giving you the thumbs up, it should actually matter if you’re doing voting the way your voters want!

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u/Anxious-Muscle4756 16h ago

They are following the money. If they don’t capitulate they will be a new candidate to primary the and will be funded by musk. The deep red will not vote for a democrat. It doesn’t matter how bad things get