Trump Says He Did Big Favor To Win GOP Vote On Big Beautiful Bill

President Donald Trump delivered a phrase salad Tuesday about allegedly doing an unnamed Home Republican “a really huge” favor — in alternate for his vote on the One Large Lovely Invoice Act.

“We solely had two detrimental votes,” he recalled whereas talking on the Pennsylvania Vitality & Innovation Summit. “I didn’t invite these two guys to something. We had a man named Rand Paul Jr. — he’s often called Rand Paul Jr. within the Home — he all the time votes no. We had any person else, I did him an enormous favor … I gained’t point out his identify.”

Trump stated an adviser warned him throughout discussions on the time that, like “Rand Paul Jr.,” this different Republican was additionally unlikely to assist the invoice.

“And I stated, ‘No, he’s going to vote as a result of I did him a really huge, huge favor,’” the president continued. “A really private favor, as huge as you may get — having to do with loss of life and life. ‘No, he’s going to vote, don’t fear about it’ … And positive as hell, he voted towards us.”

“I voted to strengthen Medicaid protections and improve Medicaid spending, to completely lengthen center class tax cuts, for enhanced small enterprise tax reduction, and for historic investments in our border safety and our army,” Fitzpatrick wrote at the time.

“Nonetheless, it was the Senate’s amendments to Medicaid, along with a number of different Senate provisions, that … fell in need of our commonplace,” he continued, including: “I consider in, and can all the time combat for, insurance policies which might be considerate, compassionate, and good for our neighborhood.”

Trump appeared to dismiss these GOP “no” votes with a joke: “I stated, ‘One other one down. One other nice transfer by Trump.’ Anyway, a lot for favors, ?”

Individuals have been rather less enthusiastic concerning the story on social media.