House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is defending the House-passed version of President Donald Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill” from criticism that it would dangerously inflate the national debt from Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY).
Speaking on “Fox News Sunday” with anchor Shannon Bream, moments after Paul’s interview on the same program, Johnson diplomatically rebutted the senator’s claims that the bill features “wimpy and anemic” spending cuts and poses a national security threat by “exploding” the national debt.
“I agree wholeheartedly with what my dear friend, Rand Paul, said. I love his conviction and I share it. The national debt is … the greatest threat to our national security and deficits are a serious problem,” the speaker said. “What I think Rand is missing on this one is the fact that we are quite serious about this. This is the biggest spending cut,…
