Trump warns Rand Paul he's playing into 'hands of the Democrats' with 'Big, Beautiful Bill' opposition

President Donald Trump connected Saturday warned Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., helium would beryllium "playing close into the hands of the Democrats" if helium votes against Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill." 

"If Senator Rand Paul votes against our Great, Big, Beautiful Bill, helium is voting for, on with the Radical Left Democrats, a 68% Tax Increase and, possibly adjacent much importantly, a archetypal clip ever default connected U.S. Debt," Trump wrote connected Truth Social Saturday afternoon. 

"Rand volition beryllium playing close into the hands of the Democrats, and the GREAT radical of Kentucky volition ne'er forgive him! The GROWTH we are experiencing, positive immoderate outgo cutting aboriginal on, volition lick ALL problems. America volition beryllium greater than ever before!"

Paul told "Fox News Sunday" past play helium supports the taxation and spending cuts successful the bill, which helium inactive slammed arsenic "wimpy and anemic, but I inactive would enactment the bill, adjacent with wimpy and anemic cuts if they weren’t going to detonate the debt. The occupation is the mathematics doesn't adhd up. They’re going to detonate the indebtedness by, the House says, $4 trillion. The Senate’s really been talking astir exploding the indebtedness $5 trillion." 

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President Donald Trump connected Saturday warned Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., helium would beryllium "playing close into the hands of the Democrats" if helium votes against the president's "Big, Beautiful Bill."  (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images; Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

The measure narrowly passed the House May 22 and volition soon beryllium voted connected successful the Senate, wherever Republicans tin lone spend to suffer 3 votes. 

Others, similar Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., person besides expressed concerns astir the bill. 

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Last weekend, Trump told reporters helium was unfastened to changes successful the bill.

"I privation the Senate and the senators to marque the changes they want," helium said. "It volition spell backmost to the House, and we’ll spot if we tin get them. In immoderate cases, the changes whitethorn beryllium thing I’d hold with, to beryllium honest." 

Along with taxation cuts, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act besides includes stricter requirements for accessing Medicaid, changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) programme and nary taxes connected overtime oregon tips. 

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., talks with reporters successful the U.S. Capitol aft the House passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act May 22. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Democrats person slammed the Medicaid betterment conception of the bill, mentioning imaginable cuts arsenic a driving contented up of competitory midterm elections successful 2026. 

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO), a nonpartisan expert for the U.S. Congress, estimates that 8.6 cardinal people successful the United States volition suffer wellness security by 2034 done the One Big Beautiful Bill Act's Medicaid reform. 

"The Democrats person been focusing connected this circumstantial enactment of onslaught that 13.7 cardinal Americans are going to suffer their wellness care, and that's conscionable blatantly false," Rep. Erin Houchin, R-Ind., told Fox News Digital successful an exclusive interrogation this week. 

House Speaker Mike Johnson and House Republicans celebrated passing Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" earlier this month.  (Getty Images)

"Five cardinal of those radical are receiving a taxation recognition nether the Affordable Care Act that was passed by the Democrats with a sunset day that was implemented by the Democrats. We're simply allowing the sunset day to expire arsenic the Democrats primitively intended," Houchin said. 

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CBO estimates that 13.7 cardinal Americans volition suffer sum by 2034, which besides includes the 5 cardinal Americans who were already astir to suffer coverage. A fig of Democrats person already deployed the fig successful run messages rejecting Trump's measure passing successful the House.

"I don't spot the CBO score, nor should the American people, due to the fact that it's been proven again and again to beryllium wildly off," added Houchin, who served connected 3 large committees starring fund markup, including the House Rules, Budget and Energy and Commerce committees. 

Fox News' Deirdre Heavey contributed to this report.