{"id":2504106,"date":"2025-10-28T21:09:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T01:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republicans-defect-ignore-vance-and-vote-to-block-trump-trade-strategy\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T21:09:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T01:09:32","slug":"senate-republicans-defect-ignore-vance-and-vote-to-block-trump-trade-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republicans-defect-ignore-vance-and-vote-to-block-trump-trade-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Republicans Defect, Ignore Vance and Vote to Block Trump Trade Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenate-republicans-defect-ignore-vance-and-vote-to-block-trump-trade-strategy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2504106&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the controversy surrounding former President Donald Trump&#8217;s use of tariffs during his second term, focusing specifically on a recent Senate vote that thwarted his tariff policy targeting Brazil.Despite Vice President J.D.Vance&#8217;s efforts to maintain Trump&#8217;s tariff strategy,five Republican senators joined Democrats to pass a resolution aimed at ending the emergency 50% tariffs on Brazil. The Republicans who defected were Senators Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Mitch McConnell, Rand Paul, and Thom Tillis.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution was led by Democrat Senator Tim Kaine, a strong critic of trump, and is part of broader efforts to end Trump&#8217;s tariffs not only on Brazil but possibly on Canada and globally. Some defections were expected, given McConnell and Paul&#8217;s previous criticism of Trump&#8217;s trade policies, particularly their concerns over the economic impact of tariffs.<\/p>\n<p>Vance warned fellow Republicans that opposing the tariffs would weaken the president&#8217;s leverage in trade negotiations. Trump justified the Brazil tariffs as a national security measure, accusing the Brazilian government of coercing U.S. companies to censor speech and hand over sensitive data under threat of fines and legal action.<\/p>\n<p>Although the resolution passed, it will not be addressed again untill the following January. The situation sets the stage for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/squad-members-aoc-and-bowman-shout-at-santos-to-resign-as-he-speaks-outside-capitol\/\" title=\"AOC and Bowman demand Santos&#039; resignation as he speaks outside Capitol.\">ongoing political battles<\/a> over Trump&#8217;s tariff policies in the Senate.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Few things from President Donald Trump&rsquo;s second term have been as polarizing as his use of tariffs in trade negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>And despite the best efforts of Vice President J.D. Vance to keep that <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >tariff train rolling<\/a>, just five Republican defections in the Senate appear to have been enough to derail at least one major tariff target.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/senate-republicans-defy-vances-warning-vote-block-trumps-brazil-tariffs-amid-shutdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>, those five lawmakers have thrown a wrench into the president&rsquo;s trade strategy by joining Senate Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats were looking to end Trump&rsquo;s use of emergency powers to implement 50 percent tariffs on Brazil &mdash; and the following five Republican members of the Senate helped make that happen:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sen. Susan Collins, Maine<\/li>\n<li>Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Alaska<\/li>\n<li>Sen. Mitch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-mitch-mcconnell-suffers-hard-fall-capitol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McConnell<\/a>, Kentucky<\/li>\n<li>Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky<\/li>\n<li>Sen. Thom Tillis, North Carolina<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>  <script> console.log(\"A\/B Test Video Player\"); \/\/ Helper function to set a cookie function setVideoCookie(name, value, days) {     var expires=\"\";     if (days) {         var date=new Date();         date.setTime(date.getTime() + (days*24*60*60*1000));         expires=\"; expires=\" + date.toUTCString();     }     document.cookie=name + \"=\" + (value || \"\")  + expires + \"; path=\/\"; }  \/\/ Helper function to get a cookie function getVideoCookie(name) {     var nameEQ=name + \"=\";     var ca=document.cookie.split(';');     for(var i=0; i <ca.length; i++) {         var c=ca[i];         while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c=c.substring(1,c.length);         if (c.indexOf(nameEQ)==0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);     }     return null; }  \/\/ Function to determine or retrieve the split test group function assignSplitTestGroup() {     var group=getVideoCookie('splitTestGroup');     if (group===null) {         var rand=Math.random(); 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        }          \/\/ Add custom styles for STN player         const style=document.createElement('style');         style.textContent=`         #videoPlayer {             min-height: 460px;             margin-bottom: 10px;         }         @media only screen and (max-width: 780px) {             #videoPlayer {                 min-height: 200px;             }         }         `;         document.head.appendChild(style);          \/\/ Add needed div for STN player         const stnDiv=document.createElement(\"div\");         \/\/ add data-stn-player attribute         stnDiv.setAttribute(\"data-stn-player\", \"s28Az7AY\");         document.getElementById(\"videoPlayer\").appendChild(stnDiv);           \/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #videoPlayer and observe it         let paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#videoPlayer\", 2);         observeElement(paragraphToObserve);     }); }  \/\/ Assign user to a group window.adUserGroup=assignSplitTestGroup(); let isSubbed=getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ); 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Tim Kaine.<\/p>\n<p>It should be interesting to see if those five names stick with their Democrat counterparts, as Kaine has already vowed to bring forth at least two more resolutions. One would seek to end Trump&rsquo;s tariffs on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-trump-hits-canada-tariff-hike-hostile-act-demands-misleading-regan-ad-taken\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canada<\/a>, and the other would seek to end his global tariffs in general.<\/p>\n<p>That being said, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/10\/28\/politics\/senate-brazil-tariff-vote-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a> notes, some of those defections shouldn&rsquo;t be a surprise.<\/p>\n<p>The outlet noted: &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jd-vance-skewers-mitch-mcconnell-one-great-acts-political-pettiness-ever-seen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McConnell<\/a> has long been critical of Trump&rsquo;s trade policy, and said in a statement ahead of the vote, &lsquo;Tariffs make both building and buying in America more expensive. The economic harms of trade wars are not the exception to history, but the rule.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, Rand Paul, a noted budget hawk, has been a vocal critic of the president&rsquo;s economic policies.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s worth noting that Vance effectively pleaded with his Republican peers not to torpedo Trump&rsquo;s use of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/late-breaking-trump-nukes-trade-negotiations-canada-creates-fake-reagan-recording-create-attack-ad-targeting-us-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tariffs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Per Fox News, Vance told his fellow Republicans that Trump&rsquo;s tariffs actually gave him incredible leverage when it came to making deals on an international stage.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;To vote against that is to strip that incredible leverage from the president of the United States,&rdquo; Vance said. &ldquo;I think it&rsquo;s a huge mistake and I know most of the people in there agree with me.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump explained the logic behind the Brazil tariffs in a July <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/fact-sheets\/2025\/07\/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-addresses-threats-to-the-united-states-from-the-government-of-brazil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fact sheet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order implementing an additional 40% tariff on Brazil, bringing the total tariff amount to 50%, to deal with recent policies, practices, and actions by the Government of Brazil that constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States,&rdquo; the opening declaration read.<\/p>\n<p>The fact sheet then cited several examples for why Trump was taking this aggressive step. Those examples included the fact that &ldquo;members of the Government of Brazil have taken unprecedented actions to tyrannically and arbitrarily coerce U.S. companies to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tiktok-sparks-outrage-for-censoring-intersex-hashtag-blames-mistake\/\" title=\"TikTok Sparks Outrage For Censoring \u2018Intersex\u2019 Hashtag, Blames \u2018Mistake\u2019\">censor political speech<\/a>, deplatform users, turn over sensitive U.S. user data, or change their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/big-tech-to-ban-parler-over-lack-of-content-moderation\/\" title=\"Big tech to ban Parler over lack of content moderation\">content moderation policies<\/a> on pain of extraordinary fines, criminal prosecution, asset freezes, or complete exclusion from the Brazilian market.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the fact sheet said, &ldquo;President Trump is defending American companies from extortion, protecting American persons from political persecution, safeguarding American free speech from censorship, and saving the American economy from being subject to the arbitrary edicts of a tyrannical foreign judge.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Of note, despite passing, this resolution will not be addressed again until January of next year.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Kaine has indicated plans to introduce additional resolutions targeting tariffs on Canada and global tariffs more broadly.<\/p>\n<p>Some defections were expected; for example, McConnell has long criticized Trump&#8217;s trade policies, stating that tariffs increase costs for American businesses and consumers and that trade wars typically cause economic harm. Similarly, Rand Paul has been openly critical of Trump&#8217;s economic approach.<\/p>\n<p>Vice President Vance urged Republicans not to oppose the tariff strategy, arguing it provided crucial leverage in international negotiations. 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