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JD Vance crawls off couch to protect Trump's economy-crushing tariffs

Ellsworth Toohey
May 01, 2025
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Vice President JD Vance took a break from making unwelcome appearances around the world to cast a tie-breaking vote ensuring that Trump's "make everything cost more" policy remains intact.

As reported by CNN, the Senate's attempt to block Trump's cartoonishly high tariffs got caught in a 49-49 deadlock t…

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