Posted on 07/29/2016 5:36:54 PM PDT by Rockitz
Despite public admonishment of his Asian trade deal by some Democrats at the party’s convention this week, President Barack Obama continues to keep pushing for its approval.
“No,” Eric Schultz , principal deputy White House press secretary, responded flatly Friday when asked if the Democratic National Convention jeers had convinced Obama to drop his efforts to get floor votes on his Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) after the Nov. 8 elections.
The president still “believes it is good policy for American businesses and American workers,” Schultz said, adding Obama “absolutely” still wants both chambers to sign off on the proposed pact “this year.”
During the party’s confab in Philadelphia , numerous speakers were interrupted as supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., yelled anti-trade sentiments and waved signs with the letters “TPP” crossed out.
And Sanders, who made his staunch opposition to the Asian pact and others like it a central part of his Democratic primary fight against eventual presidential nominee Hillary Clinton , took a swipe at it when he addressed the convention on Monday night.
“I'm happy to tell you that [within] the Democratic Platform Committee there was a significant coming together between the two campaigns and we produced by far the most progressive platform in the history of the Democratic Party,” Sanders told delegates.
“It ... calls for strong opposition to job-killing trade agreements like the TPP,” he said to loud applause from his backers inside the city’s large basketball and hockey arena. “We have got to make sure that TPP does not get to the floor of the Congress in the lame-duck session,” he added, to his supporters’ even louder approval.
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Obama has gotten the message, but isn’t backing down.
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If they get TPP through, it’ll be a big pay day for all the grifters in political office who supported it.
Obama has been doing whatever he feels like for 8 years now. What the hell does he care about what anybody else wants.
He’s going to make a killing when he leaves office. He has been a good house negro for his globalist masters.
I’m amazed. Here is something that many FReepers and Democrats agree on—anti TPP.
Go figure. The only ones who make hay on TPP are politicians and big business.
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