Vice President JD Vance traveled to Capitol Hill late Wednesday to cast a tie-breaking vote in the Senate that killed a bipartisan effort to rebuke President Donald Trump’s trade policy.

Earlier in the evening, the Senate rejected the resolution that would have effectively blocked Trump’s global tariffs by revoking the emergency order the president is using to enact them. Two senators who were set to vote for the resolution, Republican Mitch McConnell and Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse, were absent, allowing the resolution to fail 49-49.

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      nobody is asking you, personally, to fix it. but your wholehearted embracing of the suffering of others (i mean, at least you will be fine!) to “educate” is a bitter pill for people who are already struggling, and for people who rightly fear they won’t survive as readily as you will.

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      We lost the election and there’s no one to stop Trump. We can’t do anything to stop this.

      Sheldon Whitehouse (D) could have stopped Trump’s tariffs simply by showing up and doing his job, but he didn’t. That’s the whole point of this story.

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          Okay none of that will help if you actually believe what you said is coming is coming so iDK why you think you’re better off than anyone

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              The main concerns I have is access to my ADHD medication because of that nut job Kennedy.

              I mean yeah? That’s already a concern without Kennedy making a list if neurodivergent folks and checking it twice.

              Anyways, what will you do if someone comes to take your shit? Like anyone, no one in particular. People have guns here.