Phillip: The final point from my conservative friends at the table. Since when are conservatives cheerleading for tax increases? Since when is it okay for one man to decide that every person in the United States has to pay a higher tax, and he never has to go through congress to do it?
Taken together Trump’s tariffs are the highest tax increase in the past 50 years. Between 0.85% and 1% of GDP.
IT'S TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
Standard answer: ‘Yeah, but Biden…’
We're paying for his 25% increase in the national debt. Our lives, our kids lives, our parents lives are being DESTROYED because HE is a slovenly, greedy, power hungry, lying monster w 7 personal bankruptcies! No Healthcare/jobs/money/food/homes! Ask your Maga "friends" why are they ok w that!
You're "friends" going to be ok when their child dies from asthma because they can't get an inhaler Or their kids get cancer from the poison in the drinking water Or the kids die from starvation because you have no $ after losing your job + get no unemployment Or the kids die from the being shot..
Truth is we NEED to raise taxes! He just found a way to tax all Americans without anyone voting for or against it. Cuz Trump sure as hell wont cut spending and borrowing...every time he Hits a Golf shot it costs about $38k.
Everything Trump does these conservatives back! Even when it’s constitutionally incorrect! Trumps shit doesn’t stink!
I’m sorry, but I don’t watch clips with Van Jones in them. That guy makes me sick.
Since they don’t want to be harmed by these people
Ever wonder what mental world or type of reality the Trump MAGA/QAnon base supporter lives in? Ever wonder what type of life they live? Always thinking Donald Trump will solve all their problems & grievances. Basically rural church going country folk. Hinterland salt of earth folk.
Soulless, mindless, brainless.
Just another reminder of why I don't watch CNN. Until just now I had completely, happily, forgotten about Van Jones. #BoycottCNN
He's just one of the reasons I stopped watching. Hiring failed Republicans was the other.
Das ist ein interessanter Punkt. Wenn sie sich als Kult bezeichnen, bedeutet das, dass sie ihre Führer über die Regeln und Gesetze stellen. Aber was passiert, wenn die Führer selbst nicht mehr zu vertrauen sind?
Is Van Jones openly maga now?
He's just awful no matter what ideology he has.
Conservatism is what the tribe thinks is conservatism, which is what Trump thinks is conservatism, which is a mix of avarice, malice & dementia. & we all get to live through it together because of red state daddy issues.
The way my hand would smack that table like the pissed off mother that I am- stop talking about Biden! It’s been almost 9 months of hell!
She's wrong. The Supreme Court just doesn't rule and it's "the law of the land" as resistance to the Taney Dredd Scott ruling demonstrated. It's a social contract and if they don't hold up their end all bets are off.
Please stop posting things from CNN, you are legitimizing a source that is no longer credible.
Since now. Their minds go blank when he wants to do something. They comply unconditionally. It’s a cult
when you can call them tariffs, claim someone else pays them, and that it will mean jobs in the US, (all demonstrably false)
They are brainwashed.
Since never but we're living in the Twilight Zone from Hell
GET THIS PEOPLE THERE ARE NO REPUBLICANS LEFT. They are MAGgAts CALL THEM BY THEIR NAME. They have NOTHING WHATSOEVER to do with christianity conservative values fiscal responsibility small government balancing the deficit sensibel taxation. They have only WHITE SUPREMACY through religious beliefs
Anyone else notice that whenever Conservatives get called out for being the hypocrites that they are, they start yelling louder and talking over people, as if they think facts don’t matter and a debate is like a wrestling match that they win by being the loudest person in the room.
Tariffs are an unauthorized tax on the American people.
Uhhhh.. EXCUSE ME ☝️ I HAVE A QUESTION!? 🙋🏽♀️ THEN WHY THE FUCK ARE WE THE PEOPLE PAYING CONGRESSES SALARIES??!!!!
Agreed. They do absolutely nothing so why are we paying them.
Well why is Trump unilaterally making the decision and cutting Congress out, if they’re not doing their jobs the way they’re supposed to and Trump is bulldozing the constitution then I’m done paying for this farce of a government!
I thought tax without representation was a thing we fought a revolution for
This isn’t governance, it’s autocracy. One man unilaterally raising taxes while bypassing Congress isn’t conservative—it’s power abuse, and anyone cheering it should rethink their principles.
One Million Rising
All MAGA are lemmings for the orange baby king
Abby is sad. Does she have ageny regarding her own show? Why does she keep inviting liars and propagandists on her show? These people are in a cult. Why is CNN platforming a cult?
THEY. DON'T. HAVE. PRINCIPLES. They follow whoever hurts their enemies the most and logic backwards from that.
Though the GOP has always pushed a flat tax, remember Herman Cain 999 plan, and tariffs are a way to do it without consumers knowing how much they're paying with this hidden and flat tax.
Agree! We have congress for very clear & foundational reasons; a responsibility MAGA members have abdicated! Tariffs losing in appeals court (& now pending for SCOTUS) he’s already planning his next illegal authoritarian steps, not just re: tariffs. Inch by inch until he total destroys our gov’t!
Since they are Hitler scumbags.
Tariffs continued by Biden compared to Trump's tariff now? There is no comparison!
That dumbass will justify Trump's actions even if it kills him😂 Snap out of it!
One person decided millions are not allowed to be medically treated for disease. Many will die.
What happened to freedom? What happened to individual and states rights?
And when--heaven forbid--that happens, RFK Jr. should be tried for crimes against humanity.
The power to lay tariffs is not the President's. He is violating the Constitution. IEEPA does not mention tariffs. There is no extraordinary emergency. Our economy is not an emergency. There is no emergency at all. He is violating the law. His actions are those of a totalitarian dictator.
The media is deaf, dumb and blind to it all. The GOP is turning a blind eye. The Dems are waiting for the courts to do something.
Taxation without representation. We literally fought a Revolution over it.
Abby Phillip is just taking this guy apart piece by piece. He’s embarrassing.
shes really takes command and knows her shit
Kinda Sorta
It really should read "...upheld the law of the land." Because that's what they really did. We don't want to imply that their decision was about slapping down a man.
There is no such thing as a *conservative*
Since when do supposed journalists allow malevolent liars to broadcast their lies to millions of Americans?
Conservative friends at the table: “We’ll cheer for whatever they pay us to cheer for!”
Exactly
Perfect
Something about dothing and protesting.
No doubt the worst news panel on any network!!
They’re not conservatives. What they’re selling is based on a one man cult king shit show that changes daily/hourly. No adherence to any sort of principles and/or philosophy.
Especially a dotarded tax cheat.
It has nothing to do with ideology anymore, CNN still doesn’t get that. Time to get a clue so we can actually understand and beat the fascists.
Corporate media don’t care.
True
I really love her she is so straight forward!!!
really? the answer is "buh buh but biden?" what a fucking clown show
And they all look like they pooped in their pants.
And I want an accounting of all tariffs collected. They say it is paying off our debt but I don’t trust them. Where is the money?
No it’s not. The debt is exploding.
I'd like to know whose pockets are getting it.
Who is the magacult jackass in the red striped tie?
These aren't even conservatives anymore. MAGA is like if scientology and monarchy had a baby. It's a cult. Some of these dolts actually think this administration has a plan with tariffs. There is no plan. it's an extortion racket to extract bribes/kickbacks to the American People's detriment.
Exactly!!! I consider them a completely separate group from conservatives/republicans. Some may have morphed into maga but they are distinctly different. Total cult.
GOP does not like to be challenged or experience push back. Love this clip and the witnessing of “Push Back!!!”
Since the same time they decided they want the Leader to dictate every aspect of society. Since they became for having troops occupy cities instead of state's rights and limited government. Since they favored government ownership of companies. Simply since they became a cult.
STOP CALLING THE CHILD-RAPING NAZIS 'CONSERVATIVES' FOR FUCKS SAKE.
And, They are Unenforcable
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They will defend anything. Cult.
She's really sharp but I wish CNN would let her go where she should
Ok @vanjones68.bsky.social You're same milk toast response.
