‘Ultimate Betrayal’: White House Seeks To Bring Hammer Down On GOP Holdouts

The White House is stepping up its public pressure campaign against House Republicans who are resisting the swift passage of President Donald Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill.”

The Trump administration’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a statement of administrative policy Wednesday afternoon endorsing the House bill and making clear that standing in the way of Trump’s legislative agenda would constitute “the ultimate betrayal.” House Speaker Mike Johnson is racing to get GOP holdouts, including members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus (HFC), on board with passing the president’s massive tax and spending package as quickly as possible to meet his deadline of Memorial Day.

“The One Big Beautiful Bill Act reflects the shared priorities of both Congress and the Administration,” the White House wrote. “Therefore, the House of Representatives should immediately pass this bill to show the American people that they are serious about ‘promises made, promises kept.’ President Trump is committed to keeping his promises, and failure to pass this bill would be the ultimate betrayal.”

HFC members, who have thus far not committed to supporting the president’s sweeping bill, are meeting with House GOP leadership and Trump at the White House on Wednesday afternoon to discuss their concerns with the spending package. The deficit-concerned fiscal hawks are advocating for more aggressive reforms to Medicaid and green energy tax credits that could face resistance from moderate GOP lawmakers and the Senate.

Republican Texas Rep. Chip Roy, who is viewed as a pivotal vote, told “The Charlie Kirk Show” on Wednesday that HFC members were nearing an agreement over sticking points that have held up negotiations thus far.

“We’re trying to close the deal,” Roy said. “We’re almost there. To really make this work for president Trump and Americans, we got to close the deal.”