Trump threatens the main challenger against the enemy senator of “ great and beautiful bill ”

President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he was looking for a GOP candidate to set up a main challenge against Senator Thom Tillis, RN.C., after the legislator announced that he would not support the “big and beautiful bill” of the president.

“Many people have come forward by wanting to run in primary off against the” senator Thom ‘Tillis “, wrote Trump on Truth Social.

“I will meet them in the coming weeks, in search of someone who will correctly represent the great people of North Carolina and, so important, the United States of America,” he continued. “Thank you for your attention to this case!”

Tillis, which was re -elected in 2026, spoke out against Trump’s spending bill on Saturday earlier for concerns about the deep cups in Medicaid.

The key senator of the GOP is lacking on the crucial vote, jeopardizing the “ great and beautiful bill of Trump mainly closely

President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he was looking for a candidate for the GOP to set up a main challenge against Senator Thom Tillis, RN.C. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

The senator has promised not to support the measure thanks to a procedural obstacle necessary to launch a debate marathon and voting for modification which would ultimately lead to a vote on the final adoption of the measure.

While leaving lunch at the camera of the Senate Le Gop on Saturday, the North Carolina legislator said he had a “big relationship” with his colleagues, but that he could not support the colossal bill.

“We just have a disagreement,” he said. “And, you know, my colleagues have analyzed, and they are comfortable with the impact on their states. I respect their choice. This is not a good impact in my state, so I will not vote on the procedural motion.”

Tillis, who was re -elected in 2026, had spoken out against Trump’s expenditure bill concerning the concerns concerning the deep cups in Medicaid. (Getty Images)

The Senate succeeded in the obstacle on Saturday evening to start the debate on the bill with a vote of 51-49. Senator Rand Paul, R-Ky., Was another republican who joined Tillis to vote no.

“Rand Paul voted again tonight? What’s wrong with this guy ???” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

The Senate Republicans hold a thin majority of 53-47 and cannot afford to lose three votes. Senator Susan Collins, R-Maine, said earlier that she would help advance the bill to the first stage, but that he was based against the vote to adopt the final adoption of the bill unless the legislation is “modified”.

Collins and other initial hugouts of the GOP, meaning. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., And Ron Johnson, R-Wis., Voted at least the legislation by the first key procedural obstacle.

The Senate Republicans collect by “ Big Beau Bill ” from Trump thanks to a key test vote

Trump said that “many people” showed up running in primary school against Tillis. (Reuters / Ken Cedeno)

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The latest version of the bill postponed the repression of the one year supplier rate and also added an additional $ 25 billion for a rural hospital stabilization fund over the next five years.

During a camera lunch earlier this week, Tillis would have warned that North Carolina could lose up to 40 billion dollars in Medicaid funding if the changes were codified. He also plans to unveil a more in -depth analysis on the impact of Medicaid’s reductions on his condition which he said that no one in “the administration or in this building” could refute.

“The president and I spoke, and I just said to him:” Listen, if it works for the country, it’s great. And if my other colleagues have done in-depth research and concluded that it was different in their states, I respect this “,” he said. “We just have a disagreement based on the implementation of our respective states.”

Alex Miller de Fox News contributed to this report.