“The goal of the House effort has been to pass one big, beautiful bill. It’s rhetoric. It’s false advertising. The goal should have been reduce average annual deficits, so we have to focus on spending,” he said.
He was also asked by reporters about conservative holdouts on the House side who shared similar concerns about the deficit, only to eventually allow the bill to move forward after pressure from Trump.
“In the House, President Trump can threaten a primary, and those guys want to keep their seats. I understand the pressure,” he said. “Can’t pressure me that way.”
https://thehill.com/business/budget/5314997-ron-johnson-criticizes-house-gop-bill-says-trump-cant-pressure-him-same-as-house-hardliners/