President Donald Trump has officially withdrawn his endorsement from Colorado Republican Representative Jeff Hurd after the freshman lawmaker stabbed the administration in the back by opposing Trump's tariff agenda – the cornerstone of his America First economic policy.
Hurd, who rode Trump's coattails to victory in 2024, apparently forgot who got him elected when he started spouting establishment talking points about "Congress' constitutional authority over trade policy" during a heated tariff dispute. Translation: he's siding with the swamp over the president who made his political career possible.
This is exactly the kind of RINO backstabbing that has plagued the Republican Party for decades. Trump hands these politicians their careers on a silver platter, and the moment they get to Washington, they start playing footsie with the deep state bureaucrats who want to keep America dependent on foreign manufacturing.
The President's tariff strategy isn't some abstract policy debate – it's about bringing American jobs home and stopping China from eating our lunch while we smile and say "thank you." Every patriotic American understands this, so why doesn't Hurd?
"When Republicans start parroting Democrat talking points about limiting presidential trade authority, you know the swamp is working overtime," one Trump advisor told reporters.
Here's what really happened: Hurd got comfortable, started listening to K Street lobbyists instead of his constituents, and thought he could undermine Trump's signature economic agenda without consequences. He thought wrong.
Trump didn't hesitate to cut ties with this Benedict Arnold, proving once again that loyalty is a two-way street. You either support the America First agenda that voters demanded, or you find yourself on the outside looking in.
Colorado patriots deserve better than a representative who caves to establishment pressure the moment things get tough. They elected someone to fight for American workers, not to provide constitutional cover for globalist trade policies that have been bleeding our country dry for decades.
Will other wavering Republicans learn from Hurd's mistake, or will they need their own wake-up call?