Trump Drops The Hammer On 'Grandstander' Thomas Massie: 'He Should Be Voted Out Of Office'

Speaking to reporters on Capitol Hill, President Trump slammed Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), who opposed the reconciliation bill.

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00:00So this adds more deficit than Biden did in this bill kind of...

00:03Because we have to fix the country.

00:04Do you think that Thomas Massey is correct in saying that this is adding Biden votes?

00:08No, I don't think Thomas Massey understands government.

00:11I think he's a grandstander, frankly.

00:14He'll probably vote. We don't even talk to him much.

00:16I think he should be voted out of office.

00:18And I just don't think he understands government.

00:21If you ask him a couple of questions, he never gives you an answer.

00:23He just says, I'm a no.

00:25He thinks he's going to get publicity.

00:27And you have that. You have that.

00:29They've got some, too. Go ahead.

00:31Mr. President, on Medicaid, do you want work requirements based in next year?

00:35Here's what I want on Medicaid.

00:37We're not touching anything.

00:38All I want is one thing.

00:40Three words.

00:41We don't want any waste, fraud, or abuse.

00:44Very simple.

00:45Waste, fraud, abuse.

00:47Other than that, we're leaving it.

00:49Medicare, we're leaving it.

00:50All we're after, and this is for the good of it,

00:53is a lot of waste, fraud, and abuse.

00:55That's all we're doing. We're not touching it.

00:57The Democrats are going to destroy it.

00:59Thank you very much.

01:00Mr. President, do you think you'll be able to convince Chip Roy and Ralph Norman to vote for this bill?

01:05What's your message today?

01:06We're not taking it to you.

01:07We're not concerned if it's in this room.

01:09We want to vote, however.

01:11Waste, fraud, and abuse.

01:12That's all the cuts we've done.

01:13Thank you very much.