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on June 21, 2016 in World News

Obamatrade Republican Defeated in Primary by Populist Scott Taylor

by Katie McHugh Former Navy SEAL Scott Taylor defeated Virginia Republican Rep. Randy Forbes in the June 14 primary, providing Americans and their legislators with more evidence of popular opposition to rigged trade deals, Obamatrade, and mass immigration. Forbes voted in 2015 to hand “Fast Track Authority” to President Barack Obama. That authority stops Congress from amending trade deals — including the pending so-called Obamatrade or Trans-Pacific Partnership deal — and so transfers an important power from a Republican Congress to a Democratic president. Forbes is serving his eight two-year term in Congress. Taylor will run against Democrat candidate Shaun Brown in November. In… View Article

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