Seems that all is not well in Republican land. The Big Beautiful Bill is turning out to be a lot harder than was first expected, but what do you expect from a 1000 page document? That’s not something that can be reviewed in a hurry. Different factions want different things. Somehow, that has to be brought together to somewhere in the middle, but how? From Raw Story:
Conservative anti-Trump activist Rick Wilson, who co-founded the Lincoln Project and hosts the group’s podcast, recently flagged a “crucial lie” that Donald Trump unwittingly exposed, causing adviser Stephen Miller to “weep.” Ahead of the weekend, Wilson dropped an article claiming that Trump’s so-called “big, beautiful” bill is going to be “trouble for the GOP” no matter what.
See what I mean? This is someone I would pay attention to, just for being part of the Lincoln Project, because they’re certainly reputable and even more so, they’re right more than 90% of the time, at least from what I’m aware of. YMMV. Let’s hear some more from Rick:
“Pass it and feel the wrath of seniors thrown off Medicare and Medicaid. Kill it and feel the wrath of Wall Street donors. John Thune has a hard job right now, and the BBB is increasingly a poison pill for the GOP,” Wilson wrote. “The extra landmines stuffed in the bill are making it worse. Much of it implements the Project 2025 agenda, and as such, deserves excision from the bill, but it’s too late for that.” He continued, saying, “Chances are, it will still pass, but the impact next fall will be severe. Why?
Why, indeed. How many people have been screaming about this thing? From one end of the spectrum to the other, *no one* likes it. No one. They’ve already gone long past the time they wanted to have this finished. The chance for a signing by July 4 is looking more and more remote. Whew! Of course, no time is going to be enough to go through this thing, but at least someone seems to be taking the chance to at least try and look at it outside of their own viewpoint.
I don’t like *anything* that I’ve heard about it. I’m exceptionally pissed about the Medicare/Medicaid cuts. That’s a major disaster, and it’s already started moving that way. I have seniors in my household. And I know seniors. But with the other faction that wants even *more* cuts, well, ugh. This concerns me – we haven’t heard much of *anything* about the rest of the bill! What’s hidden in it besides the Project 2025 disaster?
” The “problem,” according to Wilson, is, “Once voters learn almost anything about the bill, support slips.”
“The polling on Donald Trump’s so-called ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ is, to put it mildly, a political faceplant. Across nearly every major survey, the numbers are brutal: Americans oppose the bill by nearly a two-to-one margin,” he added. “A recent KFF Health Tracking Poll shows 64% unfavorable views versus just 35% support. Even among the GOP rank-and-file, cracks are showing—non-MAGA Republicans and independents are jumping ship fast, with only the hardcore Trumpist base clinging to the fantasy that this bloated fever dream of a bill is anything other than political napalm.”
WHAM. There ya go. As more of this comes out, more voters are getting pissed. Congress now has to worry about losing seats in the midterms. It might not just be Republicans, either. Yes, horrifying thought, I know, but it’s possible. If we see no signs of anyone doing anything with this monstrosity, would we want someone “better”? Maybe yes, maybe no.
Democrats need to use this. They need to start using this *now*. Anything that we can do to turn Congress to our side needs to be taken advantage of, and soon, while it’s fresh in everyone’s minds. Let’s not end up with too little, too late (again). Thanks for sticking with me!
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nah, they’ll pass the bill and will fix the 2026 election. period.
I think you’re right. The people who want it passed can’t see past the next quarterly reports and think they know everything.
It will be their downfall.