Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) publicly clashed with President Trump on Tuesday over the GOP’s massive tax-and-spending “One Big Beautiful Bill,” accusing the legislation of dramatically increasing the national debt. Trump responded by calling Massie a “grandstander” who “should be voted out of office.”
Massie, a fiscal conservative known for bucking party lines, fired back on X: “For having the audacity to say this bill does NOT repeal the green new deal, but DOES increase the deficit and debt substantially, I was threatened by Trump today.” He linked to a fundraising page for his re-election campaign.
Trump’s Capitol Hill visit aimed to unify Republicans around the bill, which would raise the debt ceiling by $4 trillion and implement core parts of his domestic agenda. But Massie warned it would add $20 trillion to the debt over the next decade, up to $5 trillion more than current projections.
The bill faces GOP infighting over issues like Medicaid and the SALT tax deduction, stalling its path forward.
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