Morning Joe—Literally—Points the Accusatory Finger at Trump Tariffs!

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-27 17:48:22 | Updated at 2024-11-27 20:48:39 3 hours ago

Morning Joe—Literally—Points the Accusatory Finger at Trump Tariffs!
NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 11/27/2024 9:43:22 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest

Yesterday, it was CNN scaremongering Trump's tariffs, absurdly claiming they would raise Walmart prices by 250%.

Today, it was Morning Joe's turn to trash Trump's tariffs. The show ran a segment on the tariffs featuring Hallie Jackson of NBC News. Every point Jackson made about the tariffs was negative.

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Jackson offered her notion of an economics lesson:

"Remember, tariffs are a tax on things other countries send here. And those other countries don't pay the tax directly. It gets passed down to companies instead—and often to you.

That last warning was accompanied by a finger literally pointing at the viewer [see screencap.] Shades of the wartime recruitment poster of Uncle Sam pointing a finger and saying, "I Want You." Except in this case, it was Jackson suggesting "Donald Trump Wants You—To Pay Higher Prices!"

So, Hallie, taxes on companies often wind up getting passed down to individual taxpayers. Huh! Funny, we don't remember Morning Joe making that point regarding Kamala's huge proposed increase in the corporate income tax!

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2 posted on 11/27/2024 9:43:47 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest (Please ping or FReepmail me to be added to the Liberal Media Criticism ping list.)

To: governsleastgovernsbest

I’d offer them a different finger.

3 posted on 11/27/2024 9:44:19 AM PST by Fido969

To: governsleastgovernsbest

I'll never understand how Trump can be accused of starting a trade war with China, Mexico, Canada, etc., when everybody knows that those countries have had tariffs and import restrictions on us FOR DECADES.

Fighting back isn't starting anything. Perhaps, fighting fire with fire will entice some of them to lower tariffs on U.S. products. As Trump often says, they need us more than we need them.

4 posted on 11/27/2024 9:45:42 AM PST by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)

To: governsleastgovernsbest

Joe & Mika are going to go into the dust bowl of history when MSNBC is sold and changed to a different kind of TV network. There is no money in a TV network that gets 500k to 1M viewers per hour.

5 posted on 11/27/2024 9:45:52 AM PST by Pol-92064

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