Biden: GOP megabill ‘reckless,’ ‘cruel’

Former President Biden said President Trump’s tax and spending bill is “reckless” and “cruel” after it passed the House on Thursday.

“The Republican budget bill is not only reckless — it’s cruel. It slashes Medicaid and takes away health care from millions of Americans,” Biden said on the social platform X.

“It closes rural hospitals and cuts food assistance for our veterans and seniors. It jacks up energy bills. And it could trigger deep cuts to Medicare while driving up the deficit by $4 trillion. All of this to give a massive tax break to billionaires,” he added. “Working people deserve better.”

On Thursday, House Republicans passed the core of Trump’s domestic policy agenda, featuring sweeping tax cuts, an immigration crackdown, a boost in energy production and significant cuts in Medicaid.

The bill made its way through Congress despite fierce opposition from Democrats and a few Republicans. 

In a post on X Thursday, the House Democrats said on their official account that their GOP colleagues “just passed their One Big Ugly Bill that rewards billionaires while throwing 17 million Americans off their health insurance.”

“People will get sicker. Hospitals will close. Children and seniors will go hungry,” they added.

House Republican leadership reveled in the megabill’s passage on Thursday, saying in a statement that “Republicans in Congress have succeeded in our mission to enact President Trump’s America First agenda.”

“And importantly, we did it in record time, so that the effects of this nation-shaping legislation can be felt by the American people as soon as possible,” they added.