Someone needs to tell Republican Rep. Jeff Van Drew who it was that negotiated some of the trade deals he’s now attacking as “unfair.” Van Drew made an appearance on this Saturday’s Fox News Live, and was asked by host Rich Edson how long he thought the people in his district were going to be willing to bear with Trump if prices go up due to Trump’s tariffs.
Van Drew responded by first lying that it hasn’t had any effect on the economy yet. It has. Then attacking liberals and pretending the left just loves free trade, which is also untrue. What they don’t like is the illegal and erratic way Trump is going about this, and which countries he’s decided to go after, like Canada. Van Drew admitted that all the crazy crap Trump, Musk and the DOGE bros are doing is going to cause some pain, but downplayed just how bad it’s going to be for Americans once the all the damage from the cuts they’re making is finally done.
Van Drew also lied about the economy under Biden, and failed to mention he had the Trump economy he inherited and the pandemic to contend with when he took office, and that the US recovered from that better than most of our counterparts.
