Why Sanders' praise of Trump over TPP is so dangerous

[Omaha Steve]

97. DU 12-1-16 by kpete: Bernie Sanders: Trump Got Duped On Carrier Deal

Kpete's OP: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028321647


Sanders didn't praise Trump. Need I say more?

From your link: Most Democrats in Congress opposed the TPP, putting them at odds with the Obama administration.

And on Monday, Democrats who, like Sanders, had campaigned against Trump, joined him in saluting the executive order.

“I support President Trump’s issuing of an executive orders that will pull the U.S. out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and his recent steps to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA),” Sen. Robert P. Casey Jr. (D-Pa.) said in a statement. “NAFTA has adversely impacted middle class families in Pennsylvania and the TPP would have cost jobs and hurt income growth, which is why I voted against fast tracking the deal in 2015.”

Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) shared a similar reaction on Twitter:

Withdrawing from #TPP & moving to renegotiate #NAFTA are good 1st steps from @POTUS, but more must be done to keep his word to WI workers.

Other forces on the left have gone further, asking that they, not Trump, get the credit for the turn against the TPP — and pointing out that by the end, it was Republicans in Congress who wanted it passed. In a statement Monday, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said that “a powerful coalition of labor, environmental, consumer, public health and allied groups came together to stop the TPP,” giving little credit to Trump.