White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt delivered a blistering takedown of the Democratic Party’s sudden opposition to President Trump’s tariffs, exposing their blatant hypocrisy by throwing their own past statements back in their faces. As new tariffs—including a 104% levy on China—take effect at midnight, the liberal media and their Democrat allies are in full meltdown mode, falsely claiming these measures will “hurt American families.” But Leavitt didn’t just debunk their lies—she destroyed them with receipts.
Democrats Once Demanded Tariffs—Now They’re Running from Them
Leavitt reminded the press corps that Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, and Sherrod Brown all once railed against China’s unfair trade practices and demanded strong action—until President Trump actually took that action. In a 1996 House floor speech, Pelosi blasted China’s exploitation of American workers, demanding:
“How far does China have to go? How much more repression, how big a trade deficit and loss of jobs for the American worker, and how much more dangerous proliferation has to exist before members of this House of Representatives will say, ‘I will not endorse the status quo?’”
Yet today, Pelosi shamelessly calls Trump’s tariffs “reckless” and a “tax hike”—proving she cares more about opposing Trump than protecting American jobs.
Leavitt didn’t stop there. She dragged Chuck Schumer next, quoting his 2007 statement where he whined about America’s trade deficit, saying:
“These are the kinds of records the American people don’t want us to be breaking. The administration needs to move beyond words, take action now to reverse a trend that threatens our prospects for future economic growth.”
Hypocrisy alert: Schumer begged for action—but now that Trump is delivering, he’s suddenly silent.
Then came Sherrod Brown, who in 2012 lamented that the U.S.-China trade deficit had “cost American workers millions of jobs.” But now? Crickets.
Liberal Media’s Dishonest Spin on Trump’s Tariffs
The same left-wing media that once echoed Pelosi and Schumer’s concerns now parrot their flip-flopping talking points, pretending tariffs are somehow bad for America. But as Leavitt brilliantly pointed out:
“Everybody in Washington, whether they want to admit it or not, knows that this President is right when it comes to tariffs and when it comes to trade.”
The truth? Democrats hate Trump’s tariffs because they work. They level the playing field, bring back manufacturing jobs, and force China to pay for decades of cheating. The liberal media won’t admit it, but Trump’s policies are exactly what Democrats once claimed to support—before their Trump Derangement Syndrome kicked in.
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While past presidents—including Obama and Bush—allowed China to steal American jobs, Trump is finally fighting back. The 104% tariff on China is a historic move that Pelosi, Schumer, and Brown should be applauding—if they had any integrity left.
But instead, they’d rather side with Beijing than give Trump credit. Pathetic.
Again? AAAAAHHHhhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha