Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Sunday shrugged off the current and predicted damage resulting from President Donald Trump’s escalating trade war with China.
“The Democrats for years have been claiming that China should be stood up to,” Graham told “Face the Nation” host Margaret Brennan. “Now Trump is, and we’ve just got to to accept the pain that comes with standing up to China.”
“How do you get China to change without creating something pain on them and us? I don’t know,” he added.
American farmers have already been burned by China’s retaliatory tariffs in the trade war, and Trump’s latest round of tariffs on all remaining Chinese imports are predicted to hike up prices for consumers once the tariffs take effect.
Watch Graham below:
Graham defends increased prices for consumers resulting from Trump's trade war: "We've just got to to accept the pain that comes with standing up to China." pic.twitter.com/iTKPnSJAyp
— TPM Livewire (@TPMLiveWire) August 25, 2019
Where was Graham when he and McCain and W were starting wars to be fought on credit? I guess only farmers and Walmart customers should accept the pain. Fuck you, Lindsey.
Eat shit, Graham. Your boy took us out of the TPP, which was a way to have leverage without doing a trade war. Your boy started an unwinnable trade war. This is not necessary pain. Your boy is crashing the world economy because he’s an imbecile. And you fucking well know it.
Hopefully the GOP will do that in 2020.
How much of that pain will Lindsey actually suffer? Not much would be my guess. Although, he does look like he’s in some pain in that picture.
He’s just swimming in koolaid.