Nowhere is Trump's trade war more unpopular than in the state of Michigan. And while Trump's flunky, Mike Rogers, has to play along, Abdul El-Sayed can call out Trump for what he is: an asshole.
Source: Huffington Post
Progressive U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed called Trump an asshole while condemning his “disastrous” trade dispute with Canada.
“Over the last couple of weeks, Michiganders have been struck by yet another disastrous Trump policy: the expansion of a trade war with Canada,” El-Sayed said Monday at a press conference in Detroit. “We all know Canadians. Canadians are, like, the only people in the world who are going to preemptively apologize for something they didn’t even do. So if you’re starting a trade war with Canada, it’s because you’re the asshole.”
“There’s a smart use of tariffs. This ain’t it,” the Democrat added. “This is a vanity war, and I want to be clear: This vanity war is not a war with Canada. It’s a war on Michigan, because we have to pay the price, and we pay it every single day for goods that should not cost as much as they do.”
El-Sayed also called out his Republican opponent, former Rep. Mike Rogers, saying, “He has no choice but to rubber-stamp” Trump’s trade war.
Michigan Sen. candidate @AbdulElSayed on the Trump-Canada trade war: "So if you're starting a trade war with Canada is cause you're the asshole." pic.twitter.com/JCnuD1e3st
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