Trump blasts GOP Senator Thom Tillis as vote to advance the ‘big beautiful bill’ stalls in Senate: ‘BIG MISTAKE’

President Trump publicly chastised North Carolina GOP Senator Thom Tillis Saturday night for voting against his “big beautiful” bill – as a procedural vote to advance the measure in the Senate stalled late Saturday night and GOP leaders tried to drum up last-minute support.

“Looks like Senator Thom Tillis, as usual, wants to tell the Nation that he’s giving them a 68% Tax Increase, as opposed to the Biggest Tax Cut in American History!” Trump wrote on Truth Social as the official Senate vote to begin debate on the multi-trillion dollar mega bill went on for roughly two hours without resolution Saturday night.

“America wants Reduced Taxes, including NO TAX ON TIPS, NO TAX ON OVERTIME, AND NO TAX ON SOCIAL SECURITY, Interest Deductions on Cars, Border Security, a Strong Military, and a Bill which is GREAT for our Farmers, Manufacturers and, Employment, in general.

“Thom Tillis is making a BIG MISTAKE for America, and the Wonderful People of North Carolina!”

Trump, who has lobbied for House and Senate Republicans to fast-track the legislation so it lands on his desk by his self-imposed July 4 deadline, posted the heated rant shortly after Tillis cast his opposing vote on the Senate floor.

The vote has not yet been certified as two other Republican senators are holding out their support as the Senate stayed in session late Saturday night voting on a measure to move the matter to debate.

With a 53-47 majority in the upper chamber, the GOP can only afford to lose three votes and still pass the package with a tie-breaking ballot cast by Vice President JD Vance.

Vance has arrived at the Capitol to cast that vote, but was waiting for over an hour as the vote to begin debate had not yet gotten enough support.

Trump warned potential dissenters earlier Saturday that refusal to support his bill would be an “ultimate betrayal.”

Tillis has previously said he was going to vote against the megabill, absent changes his Republican colleagues have so far refused to make to Medicaid, which has been a sticking point in the party.

“We can and must do better than this,” said Tillis, who called on the Senate to adopt the more “commonsense” approach to Medicaid outlined in the earlier House bill.