Illinois Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger this week blamed the Drudge Report and other conservative websites for distorting information about trade legislation, including Trade Promotion Authority, Trade Adjustment Assistance and the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the massive trade deal that has yet to be finalized.
“If you look at Drudge, if you look at Obamatrade[.com], people are saying, you know, ‘Paul Ryan has said it’s in secret and you’ve got to pass it to find out what’s in it.’ Well that’s not true,” Kinzinger told WROK-AM on Wednesday. “What he was saying is, we have to pass TPA so that TPP even exists and so that we have an opportunity to read it and vote on it.”
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There is “a lot of misinformation” online and elsewhere, he added, and its sources can be deceiving. “Nothing on what we voted on was a tax increase or a secret deal or an immigration issue. It is a very basic thing,” he said.
“In fact, a lot of where this misinformation has come from, it’s actually amazing. I saw Paul Ryan on ‘Fox and Friends,’ and even the anchors of ‘Fox and Friends’ did not really know the difference between TPA, TPP, TAA,” Kinzinger remarked.
On Thursday, the House passed TPA by a margin of 10 votes, and the Senate is supposed to vote on it next week, along with the separate vote on TAA.
Source Politico.com
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