It’s go time.
President Donald Trump arrived on Capitol Hill Tuesday to deliver a “pep talk” aimed at uniting Republicans behind his “big, beautiful bill.”
His visit comes as House Republicans remain divided between fiscal conservatives pushing deeper deficit cuts and moderates advocating for broader tax deductions.
Trump continues to promote tax relief, emphasizing that any Medicaid cuts would only target “waste, fraud, and abuse.”
“We’re not touching anything, All I want is one thing. Three words. We don’t want any waste, fraud, or abuse,” Trump said. “Very simple. Waste, fraud, abuse. Other than that, we’re leaving it, Medicare. We’re leaving it all.”
Trump also praised House Speaker Mike Johnson for steering the process.
“We have a very, very united party. This man has done a fantastic job. It’s only been recently, but this man has done a fantastic job. He’s a real unifier,” Trump said of Johnson, who stood beside him.
“I don’t think anybody else could have done it. We had– I just said to your cohorts downstairs, we had a majority of one for a period of was and he gets it together and we actually cast this and nobody else came,” he told reporters. “He’s done a fantastic job, the Speaker. We have a very, very unified party.”
Last week, President Trump shared a TRUTH Social post, calling for the GOP to unite behind the bill:
Republicans MUST UNITE behind, “THE ONE, BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL!” Not only does it cut Taxes for ALL Americans, but it will kick millions of Illegal Aliens off of Medicaid to PROTECT it for those who are the ones in real need. The Country will suffer greatly without this Legislation, with their Taxes going up 65%. It will be blamed on the Democrats, but that doesn’t help our Voters. We don’t need “GRANDSTANDERS” in the Republican Party. STOP TALKING, AND GET IT DONE! It is time to fix the MESS that Biden and the Democrats gave us. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
The House Rules Committee is set to vote on the bill just after midnight tonight after the House Budget Committee approved the bill earlier this week.
Democrats argue the legislation is a handout for the wealthiest Americans.
“They literally are trying to take health care away from millions of Americans at this very moment in the dead of night,” House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Monday.
“If this legislation is designed to make life better for the American people, can someone explain to me why they would hold a hearing to advance the bill at 1 a.m. in the morning?” he added.
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