Senate GOPer’s join Democrats vote against Trump Canadian Tariff’s….

Already Trump is losing some Republicans with common sense……

A group of Republican senators voted along with Democrats on Wednesday for a resolution to undo President Trump’s 25 percent tariffs on Canadian imports, dealing an embarrassing blow to Trump.

The resolution expresses the sense of the Senate and doesn’t have the force of law, but its 51-48 passage is unwelcome news for the president on the very day he announced a host of new tariffs.

Four Republicans — Sens. Rand Paul (Ky.), Susan Collins (Maine), Lisa Murkowski

(Alaska) and Mitch McConnell (Ky.) — voted for the measure.

They voted to express their disapproval of Trump’s tariffs on Canada a few hours after the president announced he would impose a 10 percent tariff on all imports and levy even higher rates on imports from the European Union, China, Vietnam and Japan.

Collins told reporters after the vote that she had serious concerns about Trump’s decision to slap high tariffs on U.S. allies such as Canada.

“In general, one of my biggest concerns is we should be distinguishing between allies and our adversaries and not treating them the same way,” she said…..

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“We always felt that things were going to begin turning in our direction, and they are,” said Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who lauded Kaine’s leadership of the resolution.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), a co-sponsor of the resolution, said the vote sends a “clear message” to Trump to back off from his trade war.

“Today, the Senate sent a clear message to the President: You cannot abuse your powers to start an unjustified trade war with one of our strongest allies. Canada is Minnesota’s top trading partner, but the President’s tariffs are jeopardizing that relationship—and the consequences may be irreversible,” she said in a statement.

Senate Republican leaders who opposed the resolution said it won’t come up for a vote in the Republican-controlled House. They predicted it would never make it to Trump’s desk.

“It’ll go nowhere in the House and the president won’t sign it, so it’s not going to go anywhere,” said Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), an adviser to the Senate GOP leadership team.

The S&P 500 fell in after-hours trading Wednesday after Trump announced his 10 percent across-the-board tariffs and his reciprocal tariffs targeting Europe, China, Vietnam and Japan….

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