Trump bashes GOP senator for opposing ‘Big Beautiful Bill’: His state ‘can’t stand him’

President Donald Trump on Tuesday morning lashed out at a Republican senator who has criticized his “One Big Beautiful Bill,” claiming residents in the lawmaker’s home state “can’t stand him.”

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., has been among a handful of senators who suggested they would vote against the massive bill that passed the House by one vote late last month.

Paul, a fiscal conservative who opposes the bill because it would raise the deficit, drew Trump’s ire.

“The GOP will own the debt once they vote for this,” he told the Associated Press.

The president suggested Paul’s brand of politics is unpopular.

“Rand Paul has very little understanding of the BBB, especially the tremendous GROWTH that is coming. He loves voting ‘NO’ on everything, he thinks it’s good politics, but it’s not,” the president posted to his Truth Social account. “The BBB is a big WINNER!!!”

Trump then claimed Paul has “crazy” ideas and is defiant without offering substantial ways to solve problems.

“Rand votes NO on everything, but never has any practical or constructive ideas. His ideas are actually crazy (losers!). The people of Kentucky can’t stand him. This is a BIG GROWTH BILL!”

Central to the package is the GOP’s commitment to extending some $4.5 trillion in tax breaks they engineered during Trump’s first term in 2017, while adding new ones he campaigned on during his 2024 campaign, including no taxes on tips, overtime pay, car loan interest and others.

To make up for some of the lost tax revenue, the Republicans focused on changes to Medicaid and the food stamps program, largely by imposing work requirements on many of those receiving benefits. There’s also a massive rollback of green energy tax breaks from the Biden-era Inflation Reduction Act.

Additionally, the package tacks on $350 billion in new spending, with about $150 billion going to the Pentagon, including for the president’s new “ Golden Dome” defense shield, and the rest for Trump’s mass deportation and border security agenda.

All told, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates 8.6 million fewer people would have health care coverage and 3 million less people a month would have SNAP food stamps benefits with the proposed changes.

The CBO said the tax provisions would increase federal deficits by $3.8 trillion over the decade, while the changes to Medicaid, food stamps and other services would tally $1 trillion in reduced spending. The lowest-income households in the U.S. would see their resources drop, while the highest ones would see a boost, it said.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.