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This Republican senator is leading the charge against Trump’s tariffs

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Rand Paul is a right-wing firebrand from a deep red state.

But he's raking in surprising praise from his Democratic colleagues as he pushes back against President Trump .

Paul joined other Republicans to vote to roll back Trump ’s tariffs on Canada this week .

The Kentucky senator said members of Congress had “abdicated their power” over decades .

Sen. Rand Paul has made the case against tariffs to his colleagues in closed-door meetings, according to several senators.

He has argued that tariffs are a tax that will burden Americans with higher prices.

McConnell has a checkered history with Paul , who often caused leadership headaches with his stubbornness.