Jason Riley: Trade bill a 'failure of presidential leadership'
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Jason Riley told viewers on 'Special Report with Bret Baier' that Friday's House vote, led by Democrats, that delivered a stinging blow to President Obama's trade agenda, is the president's own fault.
"This is a failure of presidential leadership," said the columnist for The Wall Street Journal and Fox News contributor.
"This is a president who rules by executive authority, executive action. He has spent six years putting Congress at arm's length...and it came back to bite him on this trade issue."
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"The politics of trade require a president to build a coalition, build a consensus from the center out. You're going to lose progressives on the left. You're going to lost protectionists on the right. But you have to use persuasion, argument," Riley said.