Trump ‘embraced’ a ‘Democrat position,’ says GOP rep

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00:00Trump embraced a Democrat position, says GOP rep.

00:05Representative Don Bacon criticized President Donald Trump's tariff policy in an interview on NewsNation,

00:11saying the White House abandoned GOP economics and embraced a more Democrat position.

00:16Trump has shifted the GOP away from free trade.

00:20The Republicans have not supported tariffs since the 1930s, Bacon said,

00:24calling Trump's program a historic departure and insisting it's proven that tariffs do not work.

00:30GOP rep links tariffs to Democrat wins.

00:34He linked tariffs to Republican losses, citing wins by New York City Mayor-elect Zoran Mamdani,

00:40Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger, and Governor-elect Mickey Sherrill,

00:45arguing affordability concerns drove voters.

00:48Growing, GOP dissent over tariffs.

00:51Earlier, Farm State Republicans warned of higher prices.

00:55Senator Rand Paul said roughly 20 Republican senators were grumbling about the trade war,

01:00but don't have the guts to confront Trump.

01:04Trump narrows scope of tariffs.

01:06Trump recently modified the reciprocal tariffs from his April directive with a new executive order,

01:11exempting more than 100 food items as necessary and appropriate amid demand, production limits,

01:18and ongoing trade talks.