{"id":2442583,"date":"2025-06-04T05:33:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T09:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-blasts-rand-paul-over-big-beautiful-bill-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-06-04T05:35:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T09:35:46","slug":"trump-blasts-rand-paul-over-big-beautiful-bill-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-blasts-rand-paul-over-big-beautiful-bill-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump blasts Rand Paul over \u2018big, beautiful bill\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-blasts-rand-paul-over-big-beautiful-bill-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2442583&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President Donald Trump criticized Senator Rand Paul for opposing his &#8220;big, beautiful bill&#8221; due too its provision to increase the debt ceiling. In a series of posts on Truth Social, Trump emphasized his belief that the bill would lead to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/orange-county-executive-steve-neuhaus-proposes-923-million-budget-for-2024\/\" title=\"Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus suggests a 3 million budget for 2024.\">significant economic growth<\/a>, calling it a &#8220;big WINNER.&#8221; He accused Paul of lacking constructive ideas and claimed that Kentucky residents were dissatisfied with their senator, despite Paul&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >election history showing growing support<\/a> with over 61% of votes in his latest election.paul, in his defense, acknowledged his desire to support Trump&#8217;s tax bill but expressed concerns about increasing the debt ceiling by $5 trillion, stating he would be more inclined to vote for the bill if it excluded that provision.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump blasts Rand Paul over &lsquo;big, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-johnson-fights-to-keep-trumps-ear-as-house-agenda-stalls-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Mike Johnson fights to keep ...\u2019s ear as House agenda stalls - Washington Examiner\">beautiful bill&#038;rsquo<\/a>;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2138715\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> blasted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rand-paul\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Sen. Rand Paul<\/a> on Tuesday morning for the senator&rsquo;s opposition to the &ldquo;big, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-downplays-strategy-fight-after-huddle-with-senate-gop-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"... downplays strategy fight after huddle with Senate GOP - Washington Examiner\">beautiful bill&#038;rdquo<\/a>; because it increased the debt ceiling.<\/p>\n<p>Trump criticized Paul in two consecutive posts on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/truth-social\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Truth Social<\/a> account.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3429609\/eight-biden-climate-executive-actions-autopen-house-oversight-hearing\/\">Biden&#8217;s awareness of eight climate executive actions in question at House Oversight hearing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3430470\/senate-trump-give-us-space-big-beautiful-tax-bill\/\">Senate tells Trump to &#8216;give us space&#8217; on tax bill after White House puts holdouts on blast<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3430668\/steelers-write-letter-fans-upset-players-at-trump-rally\/\">Pittsburgh Steelers write letter to fans upset with players at Trump rally<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Rand Paul has very little understanding of the BBB, especially the tremendous GROWTH that is coming,&rdquo; Trump <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114619628833129608\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>. &ldquo;He loves voting &lsquo;NO&rsquo; on everything, he thinks it&rsquo;s good politics, but it&rsquo;s not. The BBB is a big WINNER!!!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The president then issued another post criticizing him again, claiming that the &ldquo;people of Kentucky can&rsquo;t stand him.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Rand votes NO on everything, but never has any practical or constructive ideas,&rdquo; Trump <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114619648032728687\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">added<\/a>. &ldquo;His ideas are actually crazy (losers!). The people of Kentucky can&rsquo;t stand him. This is a BIG GROWTH BILL!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The president did not specify or elaborate on his claim that the people of Kentucky can&rsquo;t stand him. However, based on his election results, such a claim wouldn&rsquo;t hold. Since he became senator, Paul has obtained over 55% of the vote. Moreover, he has incrementally increased his percentage of the vote in every senate election since then. In 2010, he won with 55.69% of the vote, while in 2016, Paul received 57.27%. In his most recent election in 2022, Paul defeated his Democratic opponent by obtaining 61.81% of all votes.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In a Sunday interview on CBS News&rsquo;s <em>Face the Nation<\/em>, the senator said he wanted to support Trump&rsquo;s bill but also did not want to increase the debt ceiling by $5 trillion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3427909\/paul-four-republicans-opposed-trump-tax-bill\/\"><strong>PAUL SAYS &lsquo;AT LEAST FOUR&rsquo; REPUBLICANS OPPOSED TO TRUMP TAX BILL BUT INSISTS &lsquo;I WANT TO VOTE FOR IT&rsquo;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Look, I want to vote for it. I am for the tax cuts,&rdquo; Paul said. &ldquo;I voted for the tax cuts before. I want the tax cuts to be permanent. But at the same time, I don&rsquo;t want to raise the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-warns-rand-paul-against-opposition-to-big-beautiful-bill-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"... warns ... against opposition to \u2018..., ...\u2019 - Washington Examiner\">debt ceiling  trillion<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If you take the debt ceiling off the bill, in all likelihood, I can vote for what the agreement is on the rest of the bill, and it doesn&rsquo;t have to be perfect to my liking,&rdquo; Paul added. &ldquo;If I vote for the $5 trillion debt, who&rsquo;s left in Washington that cares about the debt? The GOP will own the debt once they vote for this.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2138715\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2138715\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump criticizes Rand Paul for opposing the debt-increasing bill<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2442584,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-04-at-4.58.39%E2%80%AFAM.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4762,5894,38952,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2442583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-legislation","tag-politics","tag-rand-paul","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-04-at-4.58.39%E2%80%AFAM.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2442583"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2442587,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442583\/revisions\/2442587"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2442584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2442583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2442583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2442583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}