GOP/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP PEOPLE/USMCA: “Most Republicans are jumping for joy now that the Trump administration has finally clinched a new North American trade deal with House Democrats. Not Sen. Pat Toomey. The conservative Pennsylvanian lambasted the deal on Tuesday [12-10-19] as a potential drag on the economy and a capitulation to Democratic labor demands, becoming by far its most outspoken GOP opponent. Toomey’s criticism comes right as President Donald Trump prepares for an event in Hershey, Pa., on Tuesday night where he’s sure to tout the deal…Toomey argued the GOP should have passed the deal while it still had control of the House instead of spending months negotiating with Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Democratic demands.”
–Burgess Everett, “‘Terrible new standard’: Toomey rips Trump’s trade deal,” Politico, December 10, 2019 2:32 pm