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President Donald Trump late on Wednesday called out Republican House members who have refused to back his signature policy megabill and warned that this would cost them votes from his base, as the party’s leaders in the chamber attempted to coax the remaining holdouts to back a stalled procedural vote to advance the legislation passed by the Senate.
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House.
In a post on his Truth Social Platform, Trump claimed passing the megabill would lead to the “Largest Tax Cuts in History and a Booming Economy” and then asked, “What are the Republicans waiting for??? What are you trying to prove??? ”
The president then warned the GOP holdouts that “MAGA IS NOT HAPPY AND IT’S COSTING YOU VOTES!!!”
In a follow-up post, a short while later, Trump wrote: “FOR REPUBLICANS, THIS SHOULD BE AN EASY YES VOTE. RIDICULOUS!!!”
An ongoing procedural vote to move the bill forward remained stalled on the House floor early on Thursday, as at least five GOP House members said they were voting no on its passage.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., can only afford three “no” votes from the GOP camp to ensure the bill passes, and he told reporters early on Thursday that he thinks the holdouts are “going to come on board.”
The speaker insisted they will be able to pass the megabill before Trump’s mandated July July 4 deadline.
Several key aides of the president took social media to warn the holdouts that anyone voting against the bill will be seen as voting along side the Democrats and against Trump’s agenda. In a post on X, Trump aide Jason Miller wrote: “You can vote with [Trump], or you can vote with the Democrats. If you vote with the Democrats, you’re not voting with the Republicans...It’s a binary choice.” In a post on her official X account White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt wrote: Anyone who votes AGAINST the One Big Beautiful Bill” is voting against key Trump campaign promises like no taxes on tips and overtime pay.
This is a developing story.