Bob Corker says GOP senators are working on plan to 'push back' on Trump policy

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Washington (CNN)Sen. Bob Corker said Saturday that he is working with other Senate Republicans on an effort to "push back" on President Donald Trump's use of authority "in ways never intended and that are damaging to our country and our allies."

Earlier Saturday, the Tennessee Republican tweeted out a pair of articles focusing on the administration's recent announcement that it is imposing steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada, Mexico and the European Union, and some of its other economic interventions that go against traditional free-market Republican orthodoxy. One, a Wall Street Journal opinion piece, argued the tariffs will harm the US economy and American foreign policy. The other, a Washington Post story, mentioned an administration plan to keep coal and nuclear power plants from closing .

In response to the articles, Corker wrote in a tweet, "These two stories feel like something I could have read in a local Caracas newspaper last week, not in America. Venezuela, here WE come!"

The senator said in a follow-up tweet, "I am working with like-minded Republican senators on ways to push back on the president using authorities in ways never intended and that are damaging to our country and our allies. Will Democrats join us?"

Link to tweet

These two stories feel like something I could have read in a local Caracas newspaper last week, not in America. Venezuela, here WE come!

I am working with like-minded Republican senators on ways to push back on the president using authorities in ways never intended and that are damaging to our country and our allies. Will Democrats join us?

https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/02/politics/corker-trump-tariffs-senate-republicans/index.html

[hatrack]

1. So which is it today Bob, "concerned" or "troubled"?

Fuck off, you phony asshole.

[dalton99a]

2. Just do it already. Republicans are in firm control of all branches of government

What fucking bullshit.

[ooky]

8. Bingo. Tired of their inaction.

Action speaks volumes. Words are bullshit.

[Girard442]

3. I call bullshit. If any 2 of the 51 Republican senators changed parties...

...it would throw a wrench into Trump's plans. Anyone think that's going to happen?

On edit: Don't fall for the "moderate Republican" scam. Might as well talk about moderate Nazis or moderate Khmer Rouge.

[BumRushDaShow]

4. "I am working with like-minded Republican senators"

Who? You and Flake (who also isn't running again)? I doubt Hatch (not running again) would sign onto that but maybe McCain (not running again) might, although he is pretty much out for long term. The rest of the GOP are toadies who will jump off the bridge only when they are told to by the Pied Piper of NYC.

[tanyev]

5. That's what Article 2, Section 4 of the Constitution is for, Bob.

Get going on it.

[samnsara]

6. i would work with satan himself to get rid of trump. after trumps gone we can get pissed

....at them again.

[Vinca]

7. I'll believe it when I see it.

[workinclasszero]

9. When republican reps and Senators start Congressional investigations of Trump

and start backing up Mueller, then I'll believe this BS story.