As I pointed out from my many conservative sources during the campaign, Trump was more criticized by the right wing than by the left. It appears this has happened again as Republican House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy says,
Trump's 'job traitor' tax plan faces Republican block
Congressional Republicans are warning President-elect Donald Trump that his call to tax American companies that move overseas may not become law.
Republican House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Monday refused to endorse Mr Trump's plan to place 35% tariffs on relocated companies.
His comments come in response to Mr Trump tweets over the weekend.
"There will be a tax on our soon to be strong border of 35% for these companies," Mr Trump wrote.
"This tax will make leaving financially difficult…Please be forewarned prior to making a very expensive mistake! THE UNITED STATES IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS!", he wrote in a series of social media posts.
Mr Trump's call to tax imports on goods made by firms that relocate would need to pass through Congress, where Republican orthodoxy includes devotion to free-market principles.
Mr Trump should instead keep companies in the US by changing the tax code and lowering the rate that businesses must pay, Mr McCarthy said.
"I think that's a better way of solving the problem than getting into a trade war with a 35% tariff," the California Republican told reporters at the US Capitol building.
ns like Congressman Kevin McCarthy have so far been reluctant to criticise their president-electRepublicans are typically reluctant to impose such tariffs, seeing it as an intrusion into the free market, but few have so far challenged outright Mr Trump's plan.
Reception within the party to his 35% tax has ranged from lukewarm to outright hostility.
House Speaker Paul Ryan refused to comment directly on it, while the conservative-leaning US Chamber of Commerce criticised it as "self-destructive".
And the Club for Growth political action committee's president said such tariffs "would be devastating to consumers and businesses''.
Recently, Trump was applauded by Republicans leaders when he got involved in negotiations with air-conditioning manufacturer Carrier, preventing hundreds of jobs from moving to Mexico.
But taxpayers were left with a $7 million bill, after Mr Trump promised tax breaks and grants to the US company which still plans to shift around 1,000 jobs out of the country.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38216632