ICYMI: Marcy Kaptur has Trump Derangement Syndrome

April 29, 2025

A new Fox News report is highlighting that Marcy Kaptur is once again putting partisan politics ahead of Ohioans. 

The United Auto Workers (UAW) called President Trump’s auto tariffs a “victory for autoworkers” writing in part, “these tariffs are a major step in the right direction for autoworkers and blue-collar communities across the country.”

From the early 90’s to 2018, Kaptur has made comments claiming we need to “have a real reckoning” when it comes to trade and dismissed concerns of trade wars saying, the “whole trade regimen needs to be reformed.”

However, Marcy Kaptur is so blinded by her hatred of President Trump, she has completely flip-flopped on her previous position. 

“Democrat Marcy Kaptur is so consumed by Trump Derangement Syndrome that she can’t even do what’s right for Ohio workers. Time and time again, Kaptur proves just how out of touch she is with real Ohioans—flip flopping to push partisan nonsense instead of real solutions.” – NRCC spokesman Zach Bannon 

Read more from Fox News here or see excerpts below:

Vulnerable House Dem ripped for ‘flip flopping’ on key Trump policy supported by union she backs
Fox News
Andrew Mark Miller
April 29, 2025

Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur, who is considered one of the most vulnerable incumbent Democrats heading into next year’s midterm elections, is facing criticism for her recent opposition to President Trump’s tariff plans despite a long history of fighting for tariffs while representing union-heavy northwest Ohio.

Kaptur, who has served in Congress since the early 1980s, has been vocally criticizing Trump over his tariff plan, including on the House floor last month when she argued that a 25% tariff on Canada would “raise your prices on everything.”

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The United Auto Workers (UAW) — who Kaptur has previously supported, even touting that her parents were members of the union — has come out in favor of Trump’s tariffs, and in 1994, Kaptur said on C-SPAN that a “large share of our trade deficit is in the automotive area” and largely due to “outsourcing production all over the world,” which had a “tremendous impact on the ability of ordinary people in communities across this country to earn a decent living because we pay our workers more than they do in Mexico or China.”

Kaptur, who narrowly won re-election in 2024 by less than 1 percentage point, is widely considered one of the most vulnerable Democrats in the House. Her district will be home to one of the most highly watched races as Republicans attempt to hold a thin majority in the chamber.

Cook Political Report ranks the race as a “Democrat toss up” in a state that Trump carried by over 10 points. Trump won the district in 2024 by about 25,000 votes.

Kaptur’s praise of tariffs in the past contrasted with her current objections has sparked criticism from the National Republican Congressional Committee.

“Democrat Marcy Kaptur is so consumed by Trump Derangement Syndrome that she can’t even do what’s right for Ohio workers,” NRCC spokesperson Zach Bannon said. “Time and time again, Kaptur proves just how out of touch she is with real Ohioans—flip flopping to push partisan nonsense instead of real solutions.”

Kaptur, who has previously said she stands “shoulder to shoulder” with UAW, has taken thousands of dollars from General Motors Company PAC and Ford Motor Company Civic Action Fund, FEC records show. Both GM and Ford have faced criticism for outsourcing jobs outside the United States.

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