Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), who President-elect Trump threatened to main final month, joined the Home Freedom Caucus assembly with Trump at Mar-a-Lago on Friday.
Rep. Eli Craine (R-Ariz.) shared {a photograph} of members inside Mar-a-Lago, and the group included Roy, in addition to Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), and over a dozen different members.
“Great night at Mar-a-Lago with the House Freedom Caucus. We joined President Trump and Elon Musk for dinner to talk about the path forward,” Crane stated.
Trump inspired Texas Republicans to think about difficult Roy within the main as a result of he stated the Congress obtained in the best way of a push to boost the debt ceiling as a part of authorities funding talks in December. Trump referred to as him “very unpopular” and accused him of wanting “cheap publicity.”
Forward of Friday’s Mar-a-Lago assembly, members instructed The Hill that they had been going to make the case to Trump for his or her most well-liked insurance policies and technique. They deliberate to ask Trump how they may also help obtain his laws targets whereas additionally not spending an excessive amount of.
The assembly comes as Republicans try to determine learn how to go Trump’s agenda on the border, power, tax cuts and different points, and whether or not that will require two payments or one.
The Freedom caucus has endorsed a two-bill technique whereas Trump has stated his choice is “one large, lovely invoice.”
Throughout the assembly on Friday, members doubled down on the necessity for 2 payments, to Punchbowl reported.
The Trump transition didn’t reply to The Hill about what was mentioned within the assembly.
