Sen. Pat Toomey Claims Trump Tariffs Will Delay Shell Cracker

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US Sen. Pat Toomey
Pennsylvania's U.S. Senator Pat Toomey is a DC swamp dweller--let's just be honest about it. He's a Republican, largely in name only. He's better than a Democrat--but not by much. Toomey is claiming that President Trump's attempt to stop the flow of foreign steel dumping in our markets by using tariffs (dumping which hurts our own steel industry and isn't anywhere close to being fair or free trade), will delay incoming material for the Shell ethane cracker plant in Beaver County and result in the layoff of "hundreds" of workers. A Shell spokesman neither confirms nor denies Toomey's claims but uses doublespeak to sidestep the issue--meaning Shell likely asked Toomey to be the front guy in shaming the Trump Administration into granting waivers so they can get their cheap, imported steel. Toomey has been an early and repeat critic of Trump. Toomey opposed Trump's tariffs from the beginning and is currently trying to get a new law passed stripping the President of his constitutional power to impose tariffs...

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