Differing Ideas on Liberation

“April 2 is liberation day,” proclaims Karoline Leavitt, White House Press Secretary, during Tuesday’s daily press briefing. President Trump will announce the percentage of tariffs on products from targeted countries and which countries will have tariffs on imported goods at a Rose Garden event tomorrow afternoon. Leavitt inferred that the liberation was President Trump’s announcement of new tariffs to get U.S. companies to keep all product production in the United States. The presidential spokeswoman says American companies won’t be subjected to tariff costs if they produce in the United States.Democrats criticize the targeted tariffs, claiming they will impact American companies, forcing price hikes that will transfer to the pocket of the American consumer. Also, during the Tuesday afternoon White House Briefing, Leavitt affirmed that auto tariffs will go into effect on April 3. On the other side of Pennsylvania Ave., liberation had a different look. Democratic New Jersey Senator Cory Booker has been talking on the Senate floor to thwart the Trump agenda. “I rise to disrupt the normal business of the Senate as long as I can,” says the New Jersey Democratic Senator, speaking on the Senate floor for over 22 hours.Booker’s protest isn’t blocking any action on the...