Sen. Murphy on Tariffs: Trump Gets Really Excited When People Have to Come to Him, ‘Petition the King’ for Relief

RUSH TRANSCRIPT HAYES Senator ░░░░░░░░ Murphy is a Democrat ░░░░░░░░ Connecticut He serves on ░░░░░░░░ foreign relations committee and ░░░░░░░░ joins me now Let ░░░░░░░░ just pick up there ░░░░░░░░ because I think this ░░░░░░░░ actually something really underappreciated ░░░░░░░░ this entire thing It ░░░░░░░░ only a slight overstatement ░░░░░░░░ say this country was ░░░░░░░░ in rebellion against a ░░░░░░░░ figure slapping on an ░░░░░░░░ tariff on a whim ░░░░░░░░ that s pretty much ░░░░░░░░ precipitating incident now the ░░░░░░░░ tax hike in real ░░░░░░░░ terms since 1960s happened ░░░░░░░░ two days ago by ░░░░░░░░ president single handedly Just ░░░░░░░░ Here s 6 trillion ░░░░░░░░ hike It is insane ░░░░░░░░ me that Congress is ░░░░░░░░ stepping into the breach ░░░░░░░░ say we fought a ░░░░░░░░ and crafted a constitution ░░░░░░░░ the idea that the ░░░░░░░░ doesn t get to ░░░░░░░░ this unilaterally MURPHY Yeah ░░░░░░░░ I mean that s ░░░░░░░░ case I ve been ░░░░░░░░ to my Colleagues here ░░░░░░░░ mean the shape And ░░░░░░░░ design Of these tariffs ░░░░░░░░ confounding economists Who can ░░░░░░░░ figure Out How this ░░░░░░░░ It looks like an ░░░░░░░░ mess in which you ░░░░░░░░ not going to create ░░░░░░░░ real domestic manufacturing boom ░░░░░░░░ all that s going ░░░░░░░░ happen is a whole ░░░░░░░░ of American businesses and ░░░░░░░░ consumers get screwed I ░░░░░░░░ That it s It ░░░░░░░░ not designed as economic ░░░░░░░░ It s designed As ░░░░░░░░ policy Because you know ░░░░░░░░ Trump gets really excited ░░░░░░░░ people have to come ░░░░░░░░ him petition the king ░░░░░░░░ relief That s what ░░░░░░░░ s doing with law ░░░░░░░░ That s what he ░░░░░░░░ doing with universities And ░░░░░░░░ think that maybe what ░░░░░░░░ s doing with American ░░░░░░░░ it s true he ░░░░░░░░ These are permanent He ░░░░░░░░ I m going to ░░░░░░░░ a deal But it ░░░░░░░░ To reason that what ░░░░░░░░ going to happen here ░░░░░░░░ every company and every ░░░░░░░░ is going to have ░░░░░░░░ come to Donald Trump ░░░░░░░░ re going to make ░░░░░░░░ case for sanctions relief ░░░░░░░░ in return he s ░░░░░░░░ to tell them the ░░░░░░░░ of things they have ░░░░░░░░ Do for Him by ░░░░░░░░ crypto coin tell their ░░░░░░░░ they can t work ░░░░░░░░ the opposition This is ░░░░░░░░ Fact Why the founding ░░░░░░░░ put the taxation power ░░░░░░░░ Well as the Spending ░░░░░░░░ in the hands of ░░░░░░░░ We outsourced it to ░░░░░░░░ president And yes it ░░░░░░░░ completely within our power ░░░░░░░░ grab it back Hopefully ░░░░░░░░ as they see this ░░░░░░░░ coming may think twice ░░░░░░░░ join with us.”