Trump warns Rand Paul hes playing into hands of the Democrats with Big, Beautiful Bill opposition
President Donald Trump on Saturday warned Sen.Rand Paul, R-Ky., he would be “playing right into the hands of the Democrats” if he votes against Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill.” “If Senator Rand Paul votes against our Great, Big, Beautiful Bill, he is voting for, along with the Radical Left Democrats, a 68% Tax Increase and, perhaps even more importantly, a first time ever default on US Debt,” Trump wrote on Truth Social Saturday afternoon. “Rand will be playing right into the hands of the Democrats, and the GREAT people of Kentucky will never forgive him! The GROWTH we are experiencing, plus some cost cutting later on, will solve ALL problems.
America will be greater than ever before!”Paul told “Fox News Sunday” last weekend he supports the tax and spending cuts in the bill, which he still slammed as “wimpy and anemic, but I still would support the bill, even with wimpy and anemic cuts if they weren’t going to explode the debt.The problem is the math doesn’t add up.
They’re going to explode the debt by, the House says, $4 trillion.The Senate’s actually been talking about exploding the debt $5 trillion.” The bill narrowly passed the House May 22 and will soon be voted on in the Senate, where Republicans can only afford to lose three votes. Others, like Sen.
Ron Johnson, R-Wis., have also expressed concerns about the bill. Last weekend, Trump told reporters he was open to changes in the bill.“I want the Senate and the senators to make the changes they want,” he said.“It will go back to the House, and we’ll see if we can get them.
In some cases, the changes may be something I’d agree with, to be honest.” Along with tax cuts, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act also includes stricter requirements for accessing Medicaid, changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) program and no taxes on overtime or tips. Democrats have slammed the Medicaid reform section of the bill, mentioning possible cuts as a driv...