Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas took to X Friday to herald President Trump’s tariffs loss at the Supreme Court as a case in which “you can’t mess around with people’s money and livelihoods” – a remark that was utterly savaged by commenters.
“FLASHBACK: Mayor Q shut down our city during COVID directly messing with people’s money and livelihood,” noted one commenter.
“Except during Covid when we literally shut peoples businesses down,” seconded another.
Others wrote:
“Hold it Hold it. Now liberals love SCOTUS all of a sudden?”
“You were the biggest dictator in Missouri’s history during Covid. KC businesses still haven’t recovered from your terrible policies.”
“You can’t even run the budget for KCMO. Spare us your opinion on international trade deals.”
“That’s rich coming from you. do you really think we don’t remember you messing with people’s money and livelihoods during COVID??!?!?”
“You are one to talk.”
“You should probably worry about your city that you have failed.
“Pls just spend some effort to plow the roads and fill the pot holes. That is your actual job.”
Others notified the Ivy League-educated Lucas that Trump still has other legal avenues to pursue on tariffs.
“You need to read Justice Kavanaugh’s dissent. The tariffs aren’t going anywhere,” wrote one X user.
“Except he can use the Trade Act of 1962 and other legal frameworks to keep all tariffs according to Justice Thomas,” wrote another.
Trump said of the ruling, “Foreign countries that have been ripping us off for years are ecstatic. They’re so happy, and they are dancing in the streets. But they won’t be dancing for long, that I can assure you.
Indeed, Trump announced a new 10% global tariff on top of the existing ones.
Nationally, prominent voices on X noted the damage Friday’s ruling could do to the country’s economy and international negotiating leverage – which Trump has been using not just to lower the cost of U.S. exports, but also to triangulate hostile foreign powers such as China.
The court’s majority voted “to kill tariffs that were protecting American workers, punishing China for fentanyl trafficking, and generating over $130 billion in revenue for the United States,” wrote investigative journalist Laura Loomer.
“President Trump’s tariffs secured 10 trade deals, brought supply chains back to America, and strengthened our national security,” Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall posted. “This decision is disappointing — but it won’t stop him from using every tool available to fight for American workers, rebuild U.S. manufacturing, and put America First.”
“Yes SCOTUS ruled against President Trump on tariffs,” TPUSA Spokesman Andrew Kolvet wrote. “I believe it ruled incorrectly. If a president can sanction other countries, he should be able to tariff them as well to counter them when they cheat at trade.
“But the sky isn’t necessarily falling. President Trump has other mechanisms he can use to enact his tariff policies besides emergency declarations.”
