Liz Warren was describing how Democrats plan to box in Republicans on the tariffs by using a vote on the emergency authority for Trump’s tariffs — which, as she points out, is supposed to be with Congress.
“Well, the power he’s using is an emergency authority that says specifically Congress, of course, can say, hey, there’s no emergency. We’re not in an emergency with Belgium. We’re not in an emergency with South Korea. Congress can then just roll that back.
“So I’ve introduced the bill along with Senator Wyden, and there will be a vote. This is one of those, you know, a privileged motion. There will be a vote in the next couple of weeks where every Democrat is ready to roll that authority back from Donald Trump. The question is, can we get some Republicans?
“Every Republican will be required to go on the record and to say quite publicly, while things are crashing about them, either they are there only to bow down to Donald Trump, or they are there to stand up for the people who elected them to stand up for our country. And you’ve just got to force them into those votes.
“What do you think the count is?” Mika Brzezinski asked.
“You got six Republicans, maybe seven. So I think the count is in our favor for a majority. But here’s the importance of it. I think it’s going to be the crack in the wall. As soon as they start to move, and as soon as you got more than one moving, seven after a little bit starts to look like 17. People don’t want to be caught on the wrong side of history,” she said.
