Congress passed the $1.3 trillion spending bill, and many conservative lawmakers aren’t happy. Members of the House Freedom Caucus sent President Trump a letter, urging him to reject the measure.
Laura Ingraham railed against the bill. She said it was a “business as usual spend-o-rama.”
.@IngrahamAngle: "Spending more and perpetuating Obama-era programs is a recipe for fiscal and electoral disaster, even with some of the good stuff that is in this bill." #IngrahamAngle pic.twitter.com/n5zCPW6okT
— Fox News (@FoxNews) March 22, 2018
I really wanted Trump would take Ingraham’s advice. Use this as an opportunity to challenge the GOP. Don’t just go along with it because it has *some* good things. It also has a lot of bad (funding sanctuary cities and Planned Parenthood and so on).
Plus, there’s not enough for the WALL!
It looks like Trump is reconsidering it. He just tweeted that he may veto the entire thing.
I am considering a VETO of the Omnibus Spending Bill based on the fact that the 800,000 plus DACA recipients have been totally abandoned by the Democrats (not even mentioned in Bill) and the BORDER WALL, which is desperately needed for our National Defense, is not fully funded.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 23, 2018
Is this a head fake? Is Trump testing the waters to see how his supports will react to this?
Stay tuned!