Kevin Kiley faces election crossroads as he rebukes Trump’s tariffs
What's the endgame here?
Rep. Kevin Kiley’s (R-CA) decision to break from President Donald Trump and GOP leadership on tariffs could complicate his political future as he weighs running for reelection in two different California seats after his own was eviscerated by Gov. Gavin Newsom‘s Democratic gerrymander.
Kiley has defended his decision to vote with a small group of GOP rebels against extending the House’s ban on considering legislation repealing Trump’s tariffs. He told the Washington Examiner that banning measures from coming to the floor “is a direct shift in power from the membership to leadership” and Congress needed to go in the “other direction.”
“I think that tariffs are an issue of great importance to the country,” Kiley said. “And regardless of what you think of any individual tariff or the overall policy, I think that the United States Congress should at the very least be discussing and debating these matters. So I don’t see the harm in that.”
The vote dealt a blow to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and the White House by opening the door for Congress to pass legislation rebuking Trump’s agenda. While any measure repealing Trump’s tariffs will likely be vetoed, it still puts lawmakers on record as opposing the president ahead of the midterm elections.
That’s exactly what happened when Kiley and five other House Republicans voted with Democrats to terminate Trump’s tariffs on Canada. The move came as Trump was engaged in a public back-and-forth with Canada over control of the Gordie Howe Bridge connecting Michigan with Ontario.
Ahead of the vote, Trump pledged there would be a price to pay for defecting lawmakers.
“Any Republican, in the House or the Senate, that votes against TARIFFS will seriously suffer the consequences come Election time, and that includes Primaries!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Kiley, whose district split into six factions because of California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s gerrymander, has yet to announce what seat he will contest this year. He has until March 4 to decide between California’s newly drawn 5th and 6th congressional districts — each seat is considered an uphill battle.
“None of us have seats because the map has been totally obliterated and there’s a new map,” Kiley said. “So there aren’t any incumbents, per se, in the sense that there are incumbents attached to a particular district.”
Jeff Le, who served as a deputy Cabinet secretary to former Democratic California Gov. Jerry Brown, told the Washington Examiner there is …
What's the endgame here?
Rep. Kevin Kiley’s (R-CA) decision to break from President Donald Trump and GOP leadership on tariffs could complicate his political future as he weighs running for reelection in two different California seats after his own was eviscerated by Gov. Gavin Newsom‘s Democratic gerrymander.
Kiley has defended his decision to vote with a small group of GOP rebels against extending the House’s ban on considering legislation repealing Trump’s tariffs. He told the Washington Examiner that banning measures from coming to the floor “is a direct shift in power from the membership to leadership” and Congress needed to go in the “other direction.”
“I think that tariffs are an issue of great importance to the country,” Kiley said. “And regardless of what you think of any individual tariff or the overall policy, I think that the United States Congress should at the very least be discussing and debating these matters. So I don’t see the harm in that.”
The vote dealt a blow to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and the White House by opening the door for Congress to pass legislation rebuking Trump’s agenda. While any measure repealing Trump’s tariffs will likely be vetoed, it still puts lawmakers on record as opposing the president ahead of the midterm elections.
That’s exactly what happened when Kiley and five other House Republicans voted with Democrats to terminate Trump’s tariffs on Canada. The move came as Trump was engaged in a public back-and-forth with Canada over control of the Gordie Howe Bridge connecting Michigan with Ontario.
Ahead of the vote, Trump pledged there would be a price to pay for defecting lawmakers.
“Any Republican, in the House or the Senate, that votes against TARIFFS will seriously suffer the consequences come Election time, and that includes Primaries!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Kiley, whose district split into six factions because of California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s gerrymander, has yet to announce what seat he will contest this year. He has until March 4 to decide between California’s newly drawn 5th and 6th congressional districts — each seat is considered an uphill battle.
“None of us have seats because the map has been totally obliterated and there’s a new map,” Kiley said. “So there aren’t any incumbents, per se, in the sense that there are incumbents attached to a particular district.”
Jeff Le, who served as a deputy Cabinet secretary to former Democratic California Gov. Jerry Brown, told the Washington Examiner there is …
Kevin Kiley faces election crossroads as he rebukes Trump’s tariffs
What's the endgame here?
Rep. Kevin Kiley’s (R-CA) decision to break from President Donald Trump and GOP leadership on tariffs could complicate his political future as he weighs running for reelection in two different California seats after his own was eviscerated by Gov. Gavin Newsom‘s Democratic gerrymander.
Kiley has defended his decision to vote with a small group of GOP rebels against extending the House’s ban on considering legislation repealing Trump’s tariffs. He told the Washington Examiner that banning measures from coming to the floor “is a direct shift in power from the membership to leadership” and Congress needed to go in the “other direction.”
“I think that tariffs are an issue of great importance to the country,” Kiley said. “And regardless of what you think of any individual tariff or the overall policy, I think that the United States Congress should at the very least be discussing and debating these matters. So I don’t see the harm in that.”
The vote dealt a blow to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and the White House by opening the door for Congress to pass legislation rebuking Trump’s agenda. While any measure repealing Trump’s tariffs will likely be vetoed, it still puts lawmakers on record as opposing the president ahead of the midterm elections.
That’s exactly what happened when Kiley and five other House Republicans voted with Democrats to terminate Trump’s tariffs on Canada. The move came as Trump was engaged in a public back-and-forth with Canada over control of the Gordie Howe Bridge connecting Michigan with Ontario.
Ahead of the vote, Trump pledged there would be a price to pay for defecting lawmakers.
“Any Republican, in the House or the Senate, that votes against TARIFFS will seriously suffer the consequences come Election time, and that includes Primaries!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Kiley, whose district split into six factions because of California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s gerrymander, has yet to announce what seat he will contest this year. He has until March 4 to decide between California’s newly drawn 5th and 6th congressional districts — each seat is considered an uphill battle.
“None of us have seats because the map has been totally obliterated and there’s a new map,” Kiley said. “So there aren’t any incumbents, per se, in the sense that there are incumbents attached to a particular district.”
Jeff Le, who served as a deputy Cabinet secretary to former Democratic California Gov. Jerry Brown, told the Washington Examiner there is …
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