WASHINGTON — President Trump warned Home Republicans “don’t f— around with Medicaid” throughout a closed-door assembly Tuesday as he sought to rally help for his “big beautiful bill.”
The R-rated comment, confirmed to The Submit by a Republican member of Congress and one other particular person within the room, got here as Trump tries to persuade fiscal hawks to ship on a bundle of prime marketing campaign pledges, together with extending his 2017 tax cuts whereas eliminating levies on suggestions, additional time pay and Social Safety.
Trump additionally implored allies to not get slowed down in a battle over lifting the $10,000 state and native tax deduction, arguing it may very well be completed later.
The present model of the invoice, which is about to come back earlier than the Home Guidelines Committee early Wednesday morning, would elevate the deduction cap to $30,000 — an quantity a handful of blue-state GOP lawmakers have described as insufficient.
