'not Exaggerating': Rachel Maddow Blasts Gop For 'relinquishing' Their Power To Trump

MSNBC's Rachel Maddow criticized congressional Republicans for quietly advancing a strategy that effectively surrenders their power to President Donald Trump, allowing him to maintain his tariff policies unchallenged.

On Tuesday night, Maddow focused on a Republican plan to relinquish their authority under the National Emergencies Act to terminate Trump's tariffs, which she argues are causing significant financial harm to American citizens and businesses nationwide.

"Republicans in Congress have the power to halt Trump's tariff actions," Maddow stated. "How will they use this power?"

"They're voluntarily giving up their authority. Relinquishing it. 'We don't want that power,'" Maddow explained, saying that Republican leaders had "inserted language into a procedural measure to prevent any resolution to end the tariffs from being voted on this year."

She continued: "They actually possessed the ability to stop Trump from inflicting daily material harm on the country. They had the power to halt his actions, and what did they choose to do with that power? They opted to surrender it, thereby relinquishing their authority and avoiding the responsibility of deciding how to use it."

"Republicans needed to find an escape route from this predicament," she explained. "The national emergency law stipulates that Congress can terminate the emergency – Trump declared a national emergency to grant himself the authority to impose these tariffs."

"The national emergency law mandates that if a resolution to end the emergency is introduced in Congress, they must consider it. They are required to initiate the voting process within 15 days. Now that we know Democrats are introducing this resolution, the countdown begins. This means Congress will have to vote on this matter within 15 days – the clock is ticking – in order to circumvent this binding legal requirement."

Maddow pointed out that Republicans have "declared that the period from now until the end of this Congress constitutes a single, extended day. Just one day for the entire remainder of the Congress. I'm not exaggerating."

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