House Democrat says he supported 75% of Trump’s bill

Over the last week, all we have heard about his how horrible Trump’s big, beautiful bill (BBB) is from Democrats.

Now, I did not support the bill, but my resistance is based on the financials, not the content itself, most of which I support.

A New York Democrat just revealed he supported about 75% of the bill, yet he still rejected it.

It just passed

When the BBB passed the House on Wednesday, I ate my plate of crow, although I had prefaced it by saying that there was the chance the Freedom Caucus was just putting on a big show, and that is what they did.

The bill was on Trump’s desk for an Independence Day signing, giving Trump a huge win.

There is a lot to like in the bill, especially on the border, but my concern was how much money this bill would add to our debt, especially because the GOP ran on lowering the debt and ending the budget deficits.

I have never wanted to be wrong more in my life, and I am rooting for this bill to spark the economy as Trump thinks it will, and that it will not only pay for itself, but it will also help cut the nation’s debt, which is now over $37 trillion.

It’s immoral

Just before the bill was going to the floor for a vote, House Minority Leader Jeffries (D-NY) showed up with a couple of binders that contained a nearly 9-hour speech.

He preached, "This is just one of them. but we wanted to make sure that the American people had an opportunity to fully and more completely understand, in the light of day, just how damaging this one big, ugly bill will be to the American people."

He later added, "This reckless Republican budget is an immoral document. And everybody should vote no against it because of how it attacks children, seniors, and everyday Americans, and people with disabilities.

“This reckless Republican budget is an immoral document. And that is why I stand here on the floor of the House of Representatives with my colleagues in the House Democratic caucus to stand up and push back against it with everything we have."

I agree

The entire caucus swarmed Jeffries after his speech, treating him like a rock star, but it was more reminiscent of a scene after a big win for the debate club. Yet, Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) just admitted that, as the opposition, he liked most of the bill.

He stated, “I like the idea that we’re investing more money to secure the border. I like the idea that we are providing tax breaks to lower-income folks and hard-working middle-class folks and people aspiring to the middle class.”

He then claimed that the issues he disagreed with were “devastating,” citing the bogus narrative that Medicaid benefits will be taken away from the most needy (untrue) and that Trump’s tax cuts only benefit the wealthiest in this country (untrue).

Now, I have to say, if I were in the opposition, I would be ecstatic that I could support 75% of a bill from the other side. I would have come forward to work with the other side to try to get some of those other points a little less damaging in my eyes to generate bipartisan support. But you see, Congress is so toxic that it was never even an option. He had a chance to get Dems a win here, and he blew it simply because party leadership wanted nothing to do with this legislation.