They Think We're Stupid: Democrats Claim Tariffs Have ALREADY Forced A Local Business To Close

Posted • April 6, 2025: As we have noted previously, there are legitimate arguments both for and against President Trump's new tariff policy, but they are only coming from conservative or independent thinkers. Any 'arguments' being made from the left are nothing but gaslighting. Yesterday, we reported about 'FactPost' and CNBC wanting people to believe that grocery prices have already increased by 150 percent, even though any significant tariffs haven't even gone into effect yet. But that was just the beginning. It is only going to get worse from there. Now, the left is trying to convince everyone that the tariff policy is already forcing small businesses to close their shops forever. Also yesterday, Democrat Representative Sharice Davids shared a clip from a local Kansas City new station claiming that a furniture store in Merriam, Kansas, has been forced out of business by the tariffs (which, again, have not yet been implemented).

Sharice Davids @sharicedavids: “Trump’s tariffs just forced a longtime furniture store in Merriam to close its doors — and they told customers that directly. Kansans are paying the price for his reckless trade policies. We deserve better.” —— Our favorite part of this ridiculous story is the very end, where the reporter, after spending two minutes gaslighting viewers and letting Davids also gaslight viewers -- including prominently displaying many B-roll 'going out of business' signs for added emotional impact -- notes that the business won't be closing until August. LOL. Hey, maybe we'll just check back in on this story in a few months to see if it was all BS. What do you think, Rep. Davids? Wow that was fast huh? it's almost as if an already failing business is being used a scapegoat by the media to continue their agenda of blaming Trump for EVERYTHING. 🤣 We don't even know if this store IS going out of business since it's not going to happen for at least five more months.

But if it truly is failing? It ain't because of the tariffs. It's probably a lot more likely that homeowners in Merriam, a tiny suburb of Kansas City (population 11,000), didn't want to pay $8,000 for a small, imported Italian sofa, let alone the $10,000 that the store owner now says that he is going to have to charge. Tariffs haven’t even been enacted and this furniture store is closing down? LOL - My congresswoman and the media think we are all stupid enough to believe this. The temptation is always to assume that Davids herself (not to mention the local reporter) is stupid. And both of them very well may be. But what they are really counting on is that viewers and voters are stupid enough to believe them. This is just laughably lazy propaganda. Two days into tariffs that haven't even fully taken effect and the whole store goes under? Seems like a publicity stunt, or the store already had problems. Does anyone really believe this?

People who are already committed Democrat voters believe it. Not because it's true, but because they want to believe it. If a business closed on day two of the policy, they were already failing. This is ridiculous hyperbole. #FearPorn #fiction #fakery. In two days, this furniture store knew it was doomed because of tariffs. Uh huh, sure. Lol. Why do people post idiotic things like this? 🤪 Gaslighting is one of the only weapons they have left in their arsenal, that's why. (…)

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