Trump criticizes Rand Paul over tax bill opposition: 'Votes no on everything'

President Donald Trump connected Tuesday criticized Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., for opposing his "big, beauteous bill." 

"Rand Paul has precise small knowing of the BBB, particularly the tremendous GROWTH that is coming. He loves voting ‘NO’ connected everything, helium thinks it’s bully politics, but it’s not. The BBB is simply a large WINNER!!!" Trump wrote connected TRUTH Social. 

The president added, "Rand votes NO connected everything, but ne'er has immoderate applicable oregon constructive ideas. His ideas are really brainsick (losers!). The radical of Kentucky can’t basal him. This is simply a BIG GROWTH BILL!" 

Paul is among a radical of astatine slightest 4 Republican senators who person expressed apprehension implicit Trump's "big, beauteous bill" owed to the fund package's projected summation successful the nationalist debt. 

STILL A NO: RAND PAUL SAYS $5T DEBT INCREASE IN 'BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL' A DEAL-BREAKER

As Senate Republicans enactment to beforehand President Donald Trump's spending and taxation bill, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., does a TV quality interrogation astatine the Capitol successful Washington, D.C., connected Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The White House has framed the measure arsenic a solution to 4 years of failures nether erstwhile President Joe Biden. Sens. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, Rick Scott of Florida, and Mike Lee of Utah, 3 different Republicans successful the precocious chamber, person besides shared concerns astir the bill's fiscal implications.

Paul told Breitbart News connected Monday that portion helium believes the near is "adrift," astir Republicans are shying distant from intra-party debates connected definite issues, likewise to however Democrats acted aft erstwhile President Barack Obama's re-election win. 

Paul reportedly said helium supports "a lot" of Trump's fund bundle but disagrees with "the further $5 trillion successful debt" the legislator claims is attached to the bill. 

"That’s a hard spot for maine arsenic I enactment overmuch of what’s successful the bill, taxation cuts, spending cuts, positive much spending cuts if we tin get them. But I can’t reconcile myself to adding $5 trillion successful debt, raising the indebtedness ceiling," Paul said. 

The legislator told Breitbart the indebtedness is going to beryllium $2.2 trillion this twelvemonth and Republicans person mostly continued Biden-era spending levels.

"They’re anticipating $5 trillion successful 2 years, and that means adjacent year’s shortage that immoderate radical are saying it’s going to turn to implicit $3 trillion a twelvemonth again," Paul said.

The legislator separately expressed to the Associated Press that helium told Trump this would beryllium the archetypal clip successful caller past that Republicans would "own" the indebtedness ceiling if an summation of the nation’s indebtedness bounds was included successful the GOP’s sweeping taxation and spending package. Paul reportedly added successful the Breitbart interrogation that his absorption to portions of the "big, beauteous bill" are meant to sphere the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)'s advancement down the road. 

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said helium opposes the reconciliation bundle astatine this signifier due to the fact that of the indebtedness ceiling increase.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

RAND PAUL SAYS HE WOULD SUPPORT 'BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL' IF DEBT CEILING HIKE REMOVED

"My fearfulness is that erstwhile this measure passes that the ramifications a twelvemonth out, 2 years out, volition be, ‘My goodness, what happened to DOGE? What happened to the spending cuts? Why is the shortage truthful large still?’" helium said. "So I americium moving precise hard to marque definite determination is inactive astatine slightest a portion of the party — and it doesn’t person to beryllium anti-Donald Trump due to the fact that I’m for him successful truthful galore ways — but it besides means radical inactive person to basal up and contiguous their ain ideas of what they’re for." 

"I bash enactment President Trump and I enactment astir of the bill," Rand besides wrote connected X, explaining his position. "I’m his biggest defender connected overseas policy. But astatine the aforesaid clip I privation blimpish authorities truthful I person to combat for what I judge in." 

Trump and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-South Dakota, met astatine the White House astatine a captious infinitesimal Monday arsenic senators returned to statesman negotiations implicit the president’s large taxation breaks and spending cuts package.

Thune said that GOP senators are "on track" to person the bundle approved by their July 4 deadline. But Thune besides acknowledged the agelong roadworthy up arsenic senators grind done backstage talks implicit changes to put their ain stamp connected the House-passed bill. Thune told the Senate level connected Monday that Republicans' precedence is "extending taxation alleviation for hardworking Americans and strengthening our border, energy, and nationalist security."

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks with reporters astir his plans to beforehand President Donald Trump's spending and taxation bill, astatine the Capitol successful Washington, D.C., connected Monday, June 2, 2025.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., meanwhile, says Trump told him successful a telephone helium "wants to marque sure" the Senate doesn’t chopped Medicaid benefits, according to the AP.

The Missouri Republican has been moving to portion steep healthcare cuts from the House bill, beyond enactment requirements for immoderate assistance recipients.

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Hawley said Trump told him the senators could alternatively rise gross by closing the alleged carried involvement taxation loophole utilized by affluent filers.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.