A visibly exasperated Sen. John Kennedy (R) was of two minds about the budget bill the GOP-controlled House has handed to the Senate to consider, agreeing with Elon Musk on its deficiencies then claiming it still needs to be passed.
Speaking with the co-hosts of MSNBC's "Morning Joe," the Louisiana Republican claimed Republicans may have no choice but to move forward with passing the bill because Donald Trump's tariff war has created economic instability.
According to Kennedy, "I've said and will continue to say because I believe it, that I'm for cutting spending, um, unproductive spending, until we run out of votes. But we can't do everything that everyone wants, and some people are just going to have to accept a ham and egg sandwich without the ham."
"We have some members of the Senate that will not get all the spending reductions they want," he added.
Addressing co-host Joe Scarborough, he continued, "Here's what's driving this, Joe, and this is ultimately why I think the bill will pass. We're in uncharted waters with the tariffs. I think the markets are telling us that we don't know what impact they're going to have on the economy, but if we don't extend those tax cuts, we're going into a recession and our economy is going to be on a journey to the center of the earth and, ultimately, I think that's why the bill will pass."
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