No vote on Pacific trade deal before Trump takes office: McConnell
McConnell said any decisions on TPP or other future trade agreements would be up to Trump, who would still have the authority to negotiate deals with expedited approval procedures in Congress.
This was a smart move by McConnell. Bitterly ironic considering the Republicans have proudly flown the neo-liberal economic flag with Democratic centrists to this point. But smart.
The flanking maneuver against Democratic politicians is now complete with McConnell’s announcement here.
TPP was an epic fail by Democrats and Obama in particular.
Let’s just be honest for once: Democratic politicians have failed on trade and saving American jobs. They drank the neo-liberal koolaid and lost big because of it. The section of the electorate that threw election to Trump, the rust belt voters who used to support democrats, is proof of that. This is NOT just about race or nationalism.
Our democratic politicians caved to corporate interests to get elected time and again and then fell victim to the mother of all flanking maneuvers, however insincere it likely will be shown to be.
Whether real or not, Democratic politicians failed us badly and need to be voted out starting with Chuck Shumer.