I mean, if you remember when Donald Trump ran for president the first time, the idea of tariffs on imported goods was a heresy in the gop. Yeah, it is. Now, The baseline position that virtually every Republican politician adopts is like, of course we shouldn't let foreign countries like prey on American workers and prey on American industries. Immigration restriction. Immigration restriction. Again, there is, obviously there's a cultural and crime and law and order element to it, but there's also a very powerful economic argument that we don't want to let the wages of immigrants undercut the wages of Native American workers. (31:32–31:43)
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Asserts that the Republican baseline position now opposes foreign countries preying on American workers and industries.
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