Trump Threatens Republicans With Primaries If They Vote for Mike Johnson’s Spending Bill: ‘Suicidal for Any Republican Approving It’
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President-elect Donald Trump threatened primaries for any House Republicans who vote in favor of Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) continuing resolution to fund the government, Wednesday.
After Johnson put forward a bill to fund the government, which will otherwise shut down on December 21, Trump warned:
If Republicans try to pass a clean Continuing Resolution without all of the Democrat “bells and whistles” that will be so destructive to our Country, all it will do, after January 20th, is bring the mess of the Debt Limit into the Trump Administration, rather than allowing it to take place in the Biden Administration. Any Republican that would be so stupid as to do this should, and will, be Primaried. Everything should be done, and fully negotiated, prior to my taking Office on January 20th, 2025.
In another social media post, Trump added:
Sounds like the ridiculous and extraordinarily expensive Continuing Resolution, PLUS, is dying fast, but can anyone imagine passing it without either terminating, or extending, the Debt Ceiling guillotine coming up in June? Unless the Democrats terminate or substantially extend Debt Ceiling now, I will fight ‘till the end. This is a nasty TRAP set in place by the Radical Left Democrats! They are looking to embarrass us in June when it comes up for a Vote. The people that extended it, from September 28th to June 1st, should be ashamed of themselves. It was political malpractice! Also, the Communist Global Engagement Center, a project of Crooked Hillary Clinton, should not in any way, shape, or form be extended and, the shielding of the very corrupt J6 Unselect Committee of Political Losers and Thugs would be suicidal for any Republican approving it. Likewise, this is not a good time for Congress to be asking for pay increases. Hopefully, you’ll be entitled to such an increase in the near future when we, “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
Trump, Vice President-elect JD Vance, and Elon Musk quickly came out against the continuing resolution on Wednesday.
Musk called the bill an “insane crime against the American people,” while Trump and Vance claimed it “would give sweetheart provisions for government censors and for Liz Cheney,” and “make it easier to hide the records of the corrupt January 6 committee.”
“Republicans want to support our farmers, pay for disaster relief, and set our country up for success in 2025,” they acknowledged. “The only way to do that is with a temporary funding bill WITHOUT DEMOCRAT GIVEAWAYS combined with an increase in the debt ceiling. Anything else is a betrayal of our country.”
