Rnc Chair Says 'big, Beautiful Bill' Key Part Of Gop's Strategy To Win Seats In Midterm Elections

EXCLUSIVE – As he looks up to adjacent year's midterm elections, erstwhile nan GOP will beryllium defending its House and Senate majorities, Republican National Committee (RNC) chair Michael Whatley is spotlighting nan alleged "big beautiful bill."

"It's our agenda," Whatley said successful an exclusive question and reply pinch Fox News Digital, arsenic he pointed to nan sweeping Republican-crafted home argumentation measure that President Donald Trump signed into rule connected July 4.

Looking backmost to past year's elections, erstwhile nan GOP won backmost nan White House and power of nan Senate and held onto their razor-thin House majority, Whatley said, "We won successful 2024 because President Trump said that he was going to rebuild our economy. He's going to reconstruct our confederate border. He's going to support our kids successful our organization safe, and he's going to make America nan strongest state connected nan planet."

"This measure is nan embodiment of that agenda," he highlighted.

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President Donald Trump signed nan GOP's home argumentation bill, called nan One, Big Beautiful Bill Act, astatine nan White House connected nan Fourth of July. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

And Whatley said nan taxation cuts and spending measure, which narrowly passed nan House and Senate 2 weeks agone on near-party lines, will beryllium nan "cornerstone" of RNC messaging going forward.

The measurement is stuffed afloat of Trump's 2024 run way promises and second-term priorities connected taxation cuts, immigration, defense, power and nan indebtedness limit. 

It includes extending nan president's signature 2017 taxation cuts and eliminating taxes connected tips and overtime pay. 

By making his first-term tax rates imperishable – they were group to expire later this twelvemonth – nan measure will trim taxes by astir $4.4 trillion complete nan adjacent decade, according to study by nan Congressional Budget Office and nan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. 

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The measurement besides provides billions for separator information and codifies nan president's arguable migration crackdown.

And nan caller rule besides restructures Medicaid – nan almost 60-year-old national programme that provides wellness sum to astir 71 cardinal low-income Americans. 

The changes to Medicaid, arsenic good arsenic cuts to nutrient stamps, different 1 of nan nation's awesome information nett programs, were drafted successful portion arsenic an offset to salary for extending Trump's taxation cuts. The measurement includes a slew of caller rules and regulations, including activity requirements for galore of those seeking Medicaid coverage.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, alongside Republican lawmakers, shows nan last tally of nan ballot connected President Donald Trump's taxation bill, during a property convention astatine nan U.S. Capitol connected July 3, 2025. (Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images)

The $3.4 trillion legislative package is besides projected to surge nan nationalist indebtedness by $4 trillion complete nan adjacent decade.

Democrats, for months, person many times blasted Republicans complete nan societal information nett changes. And they spotlighted a slew of nationalist polls conducted past month, earlier nan measurement was passed into law, that bespeak nan bill's fame successful antagonistic territory.

"Michael Whatley is spewing complete BS," Democratic National Committee vice chair Malcolm Kenyatta charged successful a connection to Fox News. "Whatley continues to beryllium blatantly dishonest."

Kenyatta noted that "the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projects Trump's measure will footwear 17 cardinal Americans disconnected of their wellness care. Period, extremity of story. So if you’re not a billionaire, you’re getting screwed over."

And Kenyatta based on that "this betrayal has Republicans moving frightened and will beryllium nan logic why they suffer their mostly successful nan midterms."

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The statement successful power, presently nan Republicans, traditionally faces stiff governmental headwinds successful midterm elections.

But Whatley says Republicans are not resting connected their laurels pursuing nan transition of nan home argumentation package.

"We're not conscionable going to return this measure and say, 'Hey, we're done.' We're not going to pat ourselves connected nan backmost aliases do a triumph lap."

Republican National Committee Chair Michael Whatley is interviewed by Fox News Digital astatine nan RNC office successful Washington, D.C., connected July 14, 2025. (Paul Steinhauser - Fox News )

He spotlighted nan president's efforts connected tariffs and added that "we request regulatory alleviation astatine each national section and agency that is ongoing each azygous day, and we're already going to spot further authorities that's coming retired of Congress that's going to thief rein successful spending and make judge that we person nan rescissions that we request to person arsenic well."

Whatley predicted that "when nan American voters tin spot that President Trump and nan Republicans successful nan House and nan Senate are delivering connected nan promises that they made, and they won pinch successful 2024, that's going to springiness america nan expertise to aquatics upstream and make judge that we're going to grow those majorities successful nan House and nan Senate successful ’26."

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The RNC chair besides touted that "we're seeing very patient fundraising."

But Whatley reiterated his long-standing be aware that "the Democrats are going to raise a ton of money arsenic well. They ever outspend nan Republicans."

And he touted, "We're going to triumph because of nan environment. We're going to triumph because we're going to person amended candidates moving amended races."