Bill Kristol

you know, tax increase on whatever 500,000 or 600,000 plus earners expire, but the tax cut on, on that top tax bracket expire. And that's still because of what they're doing with a bunch of other stuff. It still would have been a disproportionate tax benefit for the rich.

but that would have complicated the story quite a bit right and the fact that these guys in the hill won't let him do that um and they're just going to kind of jam through a full extension of the tax cuts for the rich in addition to these medicaid cuts in addition to the debt bomb i just yeah no i think it's going to be a very easy story to tell and i think it's going to be complicated for them to continue to get it through part of the reason will be an easy story to tell is because republicans are going to help the democrats tell the story by doing by infighting

but that would have complicated the story quite a bit right and the fact that these guys in the hill won't let him do that um and they're just going to kind of jam through a full extension of the tax cuts for the rich in addition to these medicaid cuts in addition to the debt bomb i just yeah no i think it's going to be a very easy story to tell and i think it's going to be complicated for them to continue to get it through part of the reason will be an easy story to tell is because republicans are going to help the democrats tell the story by doing by infighting

but that would have complicated the story quite a bit right and the fact that these guys in the hill won't let him do that um and they're just going to kind of jam through a full extension of the tax cuts for the rich in addition to these medicaid cuts in addition to the debt bomb i just yeah no i think it's going to be a very easy story to tell and i think it's going to be complicated for them to continue to get it through part of the reason will be an easy story to tell is because republicans are going to help the democrats tell the story by doing by infighting

You know, Johnson is trying to fight that with this, you know, pushing these stuff through in the dead of night. But... even if they get it through, and as a funny aside, Mike Johnson, his threat to people was that they're not going to get to leave for Memorial Day if they don't pass this bill, which is just so insane when you think about it.

You know, Johnson is trying to fight that with this, you know, pushing these stuff through in the dead of night. But... even if they get it through, and as a funny aside, Mike Johnson, his threat to people was that they're not going to get to leave for Memorial Day if they don't pass this bill, which is just so insane when you think about it.

You know, Johnson is trying to fight that with this, you know, pushing these stuff through in the dead of night. But... even if they get it through, and as a funny aside, Mike Johnson, his threat to people was that they're not going to get to leave for Memorial Day if they don't pass this bill, which is just so insane when you think about it.

It's like you need to jam through this total reordering of the economy or you don't get to have your Memorial Day vacation. It's like they're a child. They're a teenager who isn't going to be allowed to go on the spring break trip with their friends to Mexico unless they get their homework done. And it's just it's embarrassing. It's pathetic.

It's like you need to jam through this total reordering of the economy or you don't get to have your Memorial Day vacation. It's like they're a child. They're a teenager who isn't going to be allowed to go on the spring break trip with their friends to Mexico unless they get their homework done. And it's just it's embarrassing. It's pathetic.

It's like you need to jam through this total reordering of the economy or you don't get to have your Memorial Day vacation. It's like they're a child. They're a teenager who isn't going to be allowed to go on the spring break trip with their friends to Mexico unless they get their homework done. And it's just it's embarrassing. It's pathetic.

But even if they do jam it through this week and then it goes to the Senate, you know, the senators, senators are still senators. There's still 53 Republican senators that are going to want to put their, you know, mark on it. It's going to be the only thing they do this year.

But even if they do jam it through this week and then it goes to the Senate, you know, the senators, senators are still senators. There's still 53 Republican senators that are going to want to put their, you know, mark on it. It's going to be the only thing they do this year.

But even if they do jam it through this week and then it goes to the Senate, you know, the senators, senators are still senators. There's still 53 Republican senators that are going to want to put their, you know, mark on it. It's going to be the only thing they do this year.

So, you know, the handful of them that still have an ego that hasn't been totally stripped away from them and given up to Donald Trump are going to make changes. And they're going to criticize what happens in the House. So I think they've got major issues ahead on all this.

So, you know, the handful of them that still have an ego that hasn't been totally stripped away from them and given up to Donald Trump are going to make changes. And they're going to criticize what happens in the House. So I think they've got major issues ahead on all this.

So, you know, the handful of them that still have an ego that hasn't been totally stripped away from them and given up to Donald Trump are going to make changes. And they're going to criticize what happens in the House. So I think they've got major issues ahead on all this.

The only thing I'd add is, I mean, you and I have emphasized in the past Trump's approval rating, how important that is for what happens in November 2026. I think that's true. It also helps, though, when you're actually in the last two months of a campaign and running ads to have something your opponent has voted for. that is unpopular and bad policy.

The only thing I'd add is, I mean, you and I have emphasized in the past Trump's approval rating, how important that is for what happens in November 2026. I think that's true. It also helps, though, when you're actually in the last two months of a campaign and running ads to have something your opponent has voted for. that is unpopular and bad policy.

The only thing I'd add is, I mean, you and I have emphasized in the past Trump's approval rating, how important that is for what happens in November 2026. I think that's true. It also helps, though, when you're actually in the last two months of a campaign and running ads to have something your opponent has voted for. that is unpopular and bad policy.

And so, I mean, the immigration stuff's horrible and tariffs are very bad. Congress should be doing things about both issues they're not doing. But no Republican member of Congress has exactly voted for You could say Trump's cruel immigration policies or his idiotic back and forth on tariffs. They're going to vote for this. This is a vote. I mean, the ad writes itself.