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Trump vs. Tillis and the Big Ugly Bill [1]

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Date: 2025-06-29

Trump is incensed that the Big Ugly Bill is being held up by three senators, so far. Rand Paul and Ron Johnson joined Thom Tillis in voting against the Big Ugly Bill. Tillis is up for re-election in 2026, so after Trump's first, long post, Trump shot out another threatening to primary him. Trump tried to turn the state of North Carolina against him by claiming Tillis no longer cared for them. There are three Republican senators that haven't voted, and Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins might change their minds. JD Vance is on hand for a tie breaker. This just a procedural vote to get to full debate and final vote.

Part 1

"Looks like Senator Thom Tillis, as usual, wants to tell the Nation he's giving them a 68% tax increase.."

Last time around, it was the Democrats that were causing the 68% tax increase. The 68%, Trump has manufactured out of thin air. Nobody knows what he's talking about and no reporter has drilled him with questions about it. With Trump there are a million sidetracks.

"... he is unable to understand the importance of the Debt Extension."

Trump is so far gone that he's forgotten it's called raising the Debt Limit. Extension would be for keeping the government open at the same financing rate as the budget gets worked on and finally passed.

The final vote came to 51-49. Vance not needed. Thune asked if the senate would go to debate. Chuck Schumer said he would not allow the bill to be shoved on the people in the dead of night and required the bill to be read in full. The Clerk of the Senate began reading the bill. The estimate is that it will take 15 hours. I got up this morning to find a different clerk still reading it.

"Sadly, the Democrat Politicians probably won't reciprocate on a Debt Extension because they are nasty people who actually hate our Country."

Ah, yes. The traitors in our midst. And it's "Democratic Politicians." Debt extention mistake again, too. I suppose, in a sense, it is an extention, it's just that everyone calls it the Debt Limit.

"Tillis is also willing to throw the very important Tobacco Industry in North Carolina, 'out the window,' for reasons nobody understands."

I have no clue how Tillis's vote has anything to do with tobacco. Trump is just making a wild accusation to add to his later promise to primary Tillis for voting against the bill.

"He loves China made windmills that will cost a fortune and ruin the landscape, and produce the most expensive Energy on Earth."

It's wind turbines, Donald Quixote. They are made in the US as well. Where is your America First policy on this? They produce cheap electricity that doesn't destroy the Earth like fossil fuels. Fossil fuels are the most expensive fuels in the world because of the climate change they are making. North Carolina is developing both onshore and offshore wind farms. Good for them.

Then in possibly the longest run-on sentence in history he praises himself at length on how much he is a winner, how his "blood, sweat and tears," brought North Carolina from certain doom, because Joe Biden let them DROWN. FEMA was functioning just fine under Biden and North Carolina was well taken care of. Hurricanes and new floods will shortly show how stupid your disassembly of FEMA is. No state is going to be helped by Trump.

"I was given an A+ rating for bringing it back..."

The source is not named, so who gave the A+ rating? Still another made up award like claiming Man of the Year in Michigan.

Part 3

" --- North Carolina will not allow one of their Senators to GRANDSTAND in order to get some publicity for himself..."

The publicity hog claims only he is entitled to it. "Grandstand" and "grandstanding" are the new terms to use against anyone that opposes him. Tillis explained on camera why he was opposed the killer provisions in the bill that hurt his constituents. Every other state as well. Good for billionaires. Horrible for everyone else.

Trump then rattles off all the good sounding elements of the bill that increase the national debt. Military gets a $350 billion boost. Why? They haven't passed the last 7 audits to know how the money is spent. We're not at war, yet. Why?

"... GREAT for our Farmers..."

Subsides for the the huge, industrial conglomerates. Family farms are going under at an alarming rate. Some failing because they were growing for food assistance programs that are being canceled.

Manufacturers are going out of business because they needed parts from foreign countries to incorporate into their product, and the tariffs made them too expensive.

Employment is far slower in growth than in the Biden years.

Trump wasn't finished. For his continued having a spine, Trump promises to actively primary Tillis.

If Trump does, it would make it easier for a Democrat to win. Then he finishes with his famous third person congratulations to himself.

"Thank you for your attention to this matter!"

Tillis will get a boost in voter satisfaction ratings from his constituents, while all the other Republicans that voted for it will face the voters whose pleas they have been ignoring. If those Senators ever do town halls, they will find out just like their Representative brethren that voters are mad as hell, and they won't take it anymore.

Then, while Trump's interview with Bartiromo is playing on Fox News, he takes another shot at Tillis and Rand Paul, and claims to be God performing MIRACLE(s).

There's still time to stop the Big Ugly Bill. After the Clerks finish reading the bill before passing out, there will be debate before a final vote. This is where the real action and story is. During the debate, voters will see who represents them properly and who doesn't. That will be remembered for the 2026 elections.

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