House Republicans literally alter time to avoid responsibility for Trump wrecking the economy

Rachel Maddow explains how House Republicans had the power to take away Donald Trump's ability to casually throw around trade tariffs in a way that is roiling markets and provoking trade wars, but instead of using their power to protect the economy (and the American public) from Trump's impulsiveness, they gave away their power and went out of their way to twist the rules to do so.

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[grantadamson]

Somebody said that the reason eggs are in short supply is because all the chickens are in congress

[tinalcady]

They should get paid for one day of work. Seems fair

[samferrara]

Australian here.
At what point will the US allow the adults to take over?
This is super embarrassing for you guys.
You need some grown ups in Congress

[keithhigh]

Liz Cheney has more of a spine than all of the GOP combined.

[TheMelulater]

I'm sitting here in New Zealand shaking my head at how weak US congress is.

[aussiecol]

Imagine having a democracy and choosing to replace it with a dictatorship

[eliotno]

Suddenly you're not so crazy to think Trump was a Russian asset all along.

[kenkuehnemuth]

" The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing"
- Edmond Burke

[stoicmonk]

what a bunch of spineless cowards!! 🤬🤬

[sandranorum]

I feel so bad for all the sane Americans who didn’t vote for this madness 😢

[synkraut]

Well he said he would be a dictator on day one - now it’s always day one. Well done USA!

[jkfree]

We have no congress. We have no justice department. We have no Supreme Court. In what way, exactly, are we not a dictatorship right now?

[PatriciaSong-sb]

This is 1984 country. I’m finding hard to grasp how a country that prides itself in being “free”, has bowed to an autocrat in literally weeks. Credibility gone US.

[phillipridgway]

And people actually voted for these pathetic I hope you are paying attention

[Msbhavnmama]

Democrats should tell them they can’t pass a budget until the end of ‘the day’.

[mbaker]

If you voted for "one long day, " you should be arrested and stripped of your office.

[russcharlton]

US History teacher here. The Founding Fathers were adamant that the President NOT become a king, and Congress NOT become a rubber stamp assembly. WE ARE IN TROUBLE!

[ulyssesgrant]

Trump should've never been allowed to run for President. The January 6th incident should've disqualified him.

[Slie]

THIS story needs to be heard loudly by everyone. That is utterly insane.

[chrissgraf]

If a US president intentionally crashes the stock market and informs his tech buddies in advance so that they can buy up US companies cheaply, does that count as insider trading under US law, or not?