Political Quotes

“Mr. President, yesterday on the floor I said I don't believe President Trump will follow through on his threat to impose tariffs on Mexico. Why? First, because the President has a tendency for bluster. There are many examples of the President taking a maximalist position before eventually backing off and announcing some different solution. Nine times out of ten, after a few months, everyone realizes that the so-called solution isn't real and doesn't work, but the President needs a way out of his bluster. That may well be true with the tariff issue. Second, most Senate Republicans oppose the President's idea of slapping tariffs on Mexico. They know how that could destabilize our economy and Mexico's and that it could actually make the migration problem worse. Publicly, the President has continued the tough talk on tariffs with Mexico--he responded to my statement on the floor with a tweet last night--but ultimately I continue to believe he will back off. That has been his MO. When he does, I would urge him to consider a real solution to the border problem, not some fake solution that he and the Mexicans announce, and then it does nothing--they don't follow through, it doesn't have effect, whatever. Here is a commonsense policy that will actually reduce the problems at the border: Many of the migrants that arrive at our southern border are fleeing untenable situations--gang violence, drug cartels, corruption, domestic abuse, economic depravity.…”