President Trump lashed out against Sen. Rand Paul for opposing the “big, beautiful bill,” the centerpiece legislation of Mr. Trump’s second term that moved to the Senate this week.

In a series of Truth Social posts, Mr. Trump blasted the Kentucky Republican as a contrarian, saying Mr. Paul votes “no on everything.”

“Rand Paul has very little understanding of the BBB, especially the tremendous GROWTH that is coming. He loves voting ’no’ on everything, he thinks it’s good politics, but it’s not. THE BBB is a big WINNER!!” Mr. Trump posted.

“Rand votes NO on everything but never has any practical or constructive ideas. His ideas are actually crazy (losers!). The people of Kentucky can’t stand him. This is a big growth bill,” Mr. Trump continued.

Mr. Paul is among a handful of Senate Republicans who have expressed opposition to the bill, which would implement Mr. Trump’s tax, defense and energy initiatives. The House approved the bill last month. Mr. Paul said the bill would raise the debt ceiling and cost taxpayers too much.

“I think they’re asking for too much money,” Mr. Paul said Sunday on CBS News’ “Face the Nation.”

He said the bill has “a lot of extra money” going toward “padding the military budget” and funds additional security when “the president has essentially stopped the border flow without any new money and without any legislation.”

Mr. Paul said his red line is a provision in the legislation that would raise the debt ceiling. The House version of the bill included a $4 trillion debt ceiling hike, while the Senate’s budget blueprint contained a $5 trillion increase. He has called for removing the debt ceiling provision from the bill and voting on the issue separately.

“If I vote for the $5 trillion debt, who’s left in Washington that cares about the debt,” Mr. Paul told CBS. “The GOP will own the debt once they vote for this.”

Congressional Republicans have pushed to raise the debt ceiling as part of the broader budget package because the reconciliation process that governs the bill allows them to move forward without support from Democrats.

Separating the debt ceiling component from the broader bill would mean Senate Republicans would have to negotiate with Democrats, giving them an opportunity to extract leverage despite the GOP majority in Congress.

• Jeff Mordock can be reached at jmordock@washingtontimes.com.