04/07/2025

Rand Paul is Leading the Charge Against Trump's Tariffs

The right-wing firebrand is an unlikely figure to oppose Trump’s agenda

Sen. Rand Paul, a right-wing firebrand from a deep red state, is in some ways an unlikely figure to articulate a searing case against Donald Trump's agenda.

But the senator from Kentucky is issuing a stark warning to fellow Republicans that Trump's tariff policies could lead to a generational political loss for the party. And he's raking in surprising praise from his Democratic colleagues as he pushes back relentlessly on the airwaves and the Senate floor against what he describes as Trump's executive overreach and infringement on Congress.

In an impassioned floor speech ahead of his vote to roll back Trump's Canada tariffs Wednesday, the senator said members of Congress had "abdicated their power" over decades, and he placed the blame on both parties.

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