Republican senator denounces Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ in fiery speech

Thom Tillis also announces he won't seek re-election after opposing Medicaid cuts in proposed budget bill

It is inescapable this bill will betray the promise Donald Trump made," Thom Tillis, the North Carolina Republican senator, said on Sunday night, sandblasting the Senate version of the big, beautiful bill" that is meant to codify the president's agenda.

Tillis made his speech on the Senate floor on Sunday night, a few hours after announcing he would not seek re-election in politically competitive North Carolina. Observers described it as fiery" and savage". But Tillis carefully avoided direct criticism of the president as he denounced proposed cuts to Medicaid, a lack of rigor in the legislative process and the Senate's headlong drive to an artificial deadline.