Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) continued his war on the "big beautiful" budget bill the GOP-controlled House fashioned at Donald Trump's direction on during an appearance on CNN Sunday morning.
While on CNN's "State of the Union," the Wisconsin Republican told host Jake Tapper there are enough Republicans in the Senate willing to kill the bill presented by House Speaker MIke Johnson (R-LA) unless it undergoes a major re-write.
Along the way, he took a potshot at the face of his own party.
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After excitedly detailing the many ways the bill, as it currently stands, will massively add to the national debt, Johnson was asked by host Tapper, "We're almost out of time, but I'm just wondering if you could just give me a number, how many other Republican senators do you think share your concerns and are willing to make work to make major changes to this bill?"
"I think we have enough to stop the process until the president gets serious about spending reduction and reducing the deficit," Johnson shot back.
At the same time that Johnson was on CNN, Sen Rand Paul (R-KY) was making the same case on Fox, telling host Shannon Bream, "Somebody has to stand up and yell, the emperor has no clothes, and everybody's falling in lockstep on this, passed the big, beautiful bill, don't question anything."
You can watch Sen. Ron Johnson on CNN below or at the link:
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