An anti-Trump Republican group says its new viral video exposes GOP “hypocrisy at its ugliest.”
The Republican Accountability Project released a new supercut this week featuring a montage of Republican senators ―including now-Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Sens. Ted Cruz (Texas), Lindsey Graham (S.C.), and Ron Johnson (Wis.), and others ― once vocally slamming tariffs as “a tax on Americans” and a jobs-killer that will ultimately “harm America consumers.”
It starkly contrasts with their now largely falling in line behind President Donald Trump’s newly announced tariff plans.
“These politicians spent their careers fighting tariffs,” the Republican group posted on social media. “Now Trump snaps his fingers, and they can’t sell out fast enough.”
Sarah Longwell, longtime GOP strategist and president of the Republican Accountability PAC, added her own take: “Oh wait. All these Republicans said tariffs were terrible like 5 minutes ago. Wonder why they changed their minds?”