“Killing the bill”: Musk urges lawmakers to stop Trump’s tax cuts bill
Elon Musk has denounced Trump’s new tax bill as “nasty hatred” and urged millions of followers to lobby lawmakers to “kill the bill.”
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul and his family were invited to a White House picnic, a bipartisan event attended by members of Congress after Paul claimed he was “not invited.”
Conservatives at the Finance Hawk have expressed opposition to Trump’s sweeping tax and domestic policy bills, claiming it will only increase the fiscal deficit. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated that it would add about $2.4 trillion to the deficit over the next decade.
Recently, Paul, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, said he would propose less money for border security in the bill – a key issue Trump campaigned in 2024. The tax bill passed by the House in May includes more than $140 billion in Trump’s plan to crack down on illegal immigration.
On June 11, Paul insisted that Trump’s not invited to a White House picnic is “incredibly trivial,” and told reporters “the level of immature is beyond words.”
“It really loses the much respect I once had for Donald Trump,” Paul said. He added that his son, stepdaughter and grandson were flying to Washington, D.C. for a picnic.
But Trump on the Truth Social Post on June 12th writes that the exact opposite is working.
“Of course, Senator Rand Paul and his beautiful wife and family are invited to a big White House party tonight. He is the toughest vote in US Senate history, but why isn’t he?” Trump wrote. “It also gives us time to vote for the great, big, beautiful bill, one of the biggest and most important legislation ever made before Senators and Congresswomen.”
Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massey, who voted against the tax bill, claimed in an X’s post that his ticket was “withdrawed.” However, Trump has not publicly commented on Massey’s invitation.
The bill is currently in the Senate, with Senators proposing new changes. Senate majority leader John Tone has only been exempt from three Republicans “no” votes, assuming all Democrats are against the bill.
Paul has previously been broken from his party. He voted against a temporary spending bill in March to avoid government shutdowns, working with Democrats, claiming that billionaire Elon Musk’s proposal was against the cuts.
