Trump’s tariffs help unite right wing with party establishment

Published December 5, 2016 11:05pm ET



Donald Trump continues to enjoy success where other Republicans have experienced failure. The conservative Club for Growth has offered rare praise to GOP leadership for opposing the president-elect’s call for tariffs. Albeit through opposition, he’s unifying the party.

Late Monday morning House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy rejected Trump’s 35 percent retaliatory tariff, noting that there were better ways of “solving the problem than getting into a trade war.” By early afternoon, the free market group was already singing McCarthy’s praises.

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