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by Gregaros 394 days ago
gtfo. Nobody voted Trump to _raise_ taxes.
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Yes they did. He made it very clear that he wanted massive tariffs which by necessity would mean that people would have to pay massive taxes on everything they want to buy. Before the election experts were very clear that those tariffs would cost the consumer and importer. People were told that he wanted to go crazy with tariffs, they were repeatedly told that tariffs would take money out of their pockets, and they voted for that. Nobody should be surprised by that now.
> He made it very clear that he wanted massive tariffs which by necessity would mean that people would have to pay massive taxes on everything they want to buy.

He also falsely claimed - and his supporters, as is typical, accepted those claims - that other countries would eat that cost.

They voted for tariffs. They were willfully ignorant on their being a tax.

That's true, he did (no surprise) lie to them about it. Everyone was really quick to call out that lie though. This was seen coming for miles.
> Everyone was really quick to call out that lie though.

Not on the channels they watch.

There's an entire separate Fox News Cinematic Universe safe space you can immerse yourself in exclusively.

Even when they bring on a sacrificial lib to yell at, humans in general are phenomenal at ignoring or explaining away clear evidence their strongly held beliefs are wrong.

If republicans don't like Trump's behavior they should call their senators and tell them to threaten Trump with impeachment and conviction.

That's the only leverage Congress has over the president.

Republicans control Congress and the presidency, so there's nobody else to blame here.

Congress voted for him to do exactly that.
Those who were paying attention the first time and still voted for Republicans voted for exactly that outcome (SALT, anyone?)

Those who were not paying attention last time shouldn't have been allowed to vote this time, but... That Would be Bad, mmmkay.