Fear of fallout from Trump tariff plan puts some Republicans in tough spot

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : " Senate Democrats scored a victory hours after Trump's announcement Wednesday, when Republican Sens. Mitch McConnell (Kentucky), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Susan Collins (Maine) and Rand Paul (Kentucky) voted with Democrats to invalidate a national emergency that Trump declared in February, allowing him to impose a 25 percent tariff on Canadian goods.
44% : "I think [Trump has] been pretty clear he wants to negotiate," Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) said Thursday, echoing Republicans who are holding out hope that foreign countries will drop their tariffs on U.S.-produced goods.
39% : House Democrats hope it will show whether Republicans "support the economic pain Trump is inflicting on their constituents.
37% : " Tillis, who is up for re-election next year in a state Trump carried narrowly in the 2024 presidential race, said Thursday he was concerned the new tariffs could undermine the rest of the Trump agenda.
34% : Some Republican senators and House lawmakers joined Trump at the White House on Wednesday for his speech, where he announced a national emergency that allowed him to unilaterally place a 10 percent tariff on all imports as soon as Saturday.
34% : That's a gamble for Republicans who campaigned with Trump on bringing down the price of goods, which economists say the tariffs will drive up.
30% : Trump can legally place tariffs on foreign countries by declaring a national emergency, according to the National Constitution Center, and Congress can terminate it by passing a joint resolution.
29% : And Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) is planning to introduce another resolution to overturn some of the tariffs Trump announced Wednesday.
26% : "For decades, our country has been looted, pillaged, raped and plundered by nations near and far," Trump said as he rationalized his decision.
14% : "Donald Trump has single-handedly created a financial forest fire," Schumer said, pointing to the plunging markets.

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