🚨 Senate RINOs are about to blow it.
Trump sent Congress a bill to cut $9.4 BILLION in Biden-era waste — no filibuster needed. It's the first of Trump's rescission bills.
The RINOs are trying to kill it. Of course.
Here’s what’s happening (and why it matters): 🧵
2/ Trump’s rescission bill would slash:
❌ $3M for Iraqi television
❌ $3.6M for male prostitutes in Haiti
❌ $67K to feed insect powder to kids in Madagascar
❌ $1.1B for NPR and PBS
And a HUGE amount of graft from USAID.
All Biden-era waste. All gone — if the Senate acts.
3/ This is what Trump promised:
💥 Expose the swamp
💥 Cut the waste
💥 Use rescissions to stop Biden spending without needing 60 votes
It passed the House on party lines. It only needs 50 in the Senate.
No filibuster. No excuses. First of many making the DOGE cuts permanent.
4/ So what’s the holdup?
Senator Susan Collins — the RINO running Senate Appropriations — says she’s “concerned” about cutting just $400 million from PEPFAR, a 22-year-old AIDS program in Africa.
We spend $7 billion a year on it.
5/ Even if you like PEPFAR, this is nuts:
📉 AIDS deaths in Africa have fallen by 70%
🩺 Most countries can run it themselves now
💰 That $400M will cost us $4.26 billion over 10 years with interest
This isn’t compassion. It’s just stupid. The $400M is identified waste.
6/ And Collins isn’t just a random RINO.
She’s the one in charge of spending. And she’s blocking the Republican President’s bill, in a Republican Senate, less than two weeks before the deadline.
Why is she still Appropriations Chair? Paging @LeaderJohnThune.
@LeaderJohnThune 7/ The Senate GOP leader gave her that job.
And now he’s letting her sabotage Trump’s agenda — again.
Coming of the Big Beautiful Bill victory, we'd expect better.
He has to make her stop.
@LeaderJohnThune 8/ John Kennedy’s right: this is a layup.
The Impoundment Act gives Trump the power to stop the spending madness — but only if Congress passes the rescissions.
This first one cuts $9.4 billion in waste.
More rescissions are coming.
This is just the start.
@LeaderJohnThune 9/ If Thune doesn’t whip the votes and push this over the finish line…
❌ The waste stays
❌ The RINOs win
❌ Trump’s power to govern is crippled
❌ Elon's point is made
And conservatives will know exactly who to blame.
@LeaderJohnThune 10/ Congress has until July 18 to pass the rescission bill.
No excuses. No delays. No RINO games.
Pass it. Now.
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