President Donald Trump took aim at four “disloyal” GOP senators over tariffs on Canada and fentanyl, urging them to “get on the Republican bandwagon, for a change” and accusing them of “playing with the lives of the American people”.
Trump named Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky in his Truth Social post in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Senate Democrats are seeking to test Republicans by forcing a vote to nullify Trump’s emergency declaration that underpins his tariffs on Canada. Some Republicans oppose Trump on Canada, and the resolution from Sen. Tim Kaine, a Democrat from Virginia, gives them a chance to demonstrate that.
Trump said they “will hopefully get on the Republican bandwagon, for a change, and fight the Democrats wild and flagrant push to not penalize Canada for the sale, into our Country, of large amounts of Fentanyl, by Tariffing the value of this horrible and deadly drug in order to make it more costly to distribute and buy.”
Trump continued: “They are playing with the lives of the American people, and right into the hands of the Radical Left Democrats and Drug Cartels.
“The Senate Bill is just a ploy of the Dems to show and expose the weakness of certain Republicans, namely these four, in that it is not going anywhere because the House will never approve it and I, as your President, will never sign it.
“Why are they allowing Fentanyl to pour into our Country unchecked, and without penalty. What is wrong with them, other than suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome, commonly known as TDS?
“Who can want this to happen to our beautiful families, and why? To the people of the Great States of Kentucky, Alaska, and Maine, please contact these Senators and get them to FINALLY adhere to Republican Values and Ideals.
“They have been extremely difficult to deal with and, unbelievably disloyal to hardworking Majority Leader John Thune, and the Republican Party itself. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
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