Here’s Schumer In 2005 Saying Big Tariffs On China Needed…

In 2005, Chuck Schumer passionately advocated for a 27.5 percent tariff on China, calling their trade policies unfair and saying it had to end.

He was saying the exact same thing Trump is saying now, but ultimately the Democrats under Obama and Biden did nothing about it. ---More...

Archive footage of Schumer passionately advocating for tariffs on China, calling their trade policies "unfair" & saying it had to end. He'd joined forces with Lindsey Graham to introduce a 'China Free Trade Bill' in 2005. Now Trump is actually doing this, it's bad. What changed? pic.twitter.com/JT9vsGbXdl

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