Republican criticisms range from expressions of nervousness Until one direct oppositionasking the president to march back to the tariff policy that affects hundreds of exporting countries and is already having negative repercussions on the markets.
From the Senate, a pair of Republicans, Rand Paul (Kentucky) and Ron Thilis (North Carolina) openly rejected the policy of the White House, a warning that It could put the support of the party base at risk for the medium mandate elections next year.
Paul, who has raised as one of the most fierce voices against tariffs, hinted in an interview with the CBS chain that Trump’s play is unconstitutional and published an opinion column in the conservative media Fox News warning of the repercussions for Americans.
“Tariffs are taxes; They do not penalize foreign governments but American families“Paul wrote, Replicating an argument that the Democrats have also outlined.
Along the same lines, the former republican leader of the Senate, Mitch McConnell, described the tariffs as a “bad policy” that “it hurts especially working people.”
Senator Ted Cruz, Texas representative and important figure within the most conservative wing of the match, on Thursday told the Fox News chain which considers tariffs as a consumer tax.
“I hope they don’t last long and serve as a negotiation strategy, ”said the politician.
For his part, Senator Ron Johnson, from Wisconsin- where the Republicans lost this week for the state magistracy- He expressed a cautious nervousness on Thursday.
“I feel worried; I do not share the president’s belief that this is what should be done, but he is the president, not me. He promised this and I hope he is correct, ”said the Republican to the CBS chain.