Former Freedom Caucus Chair Bob Good calls out 'the big glaring weakness for all of Republican government'

Former Rep Bob Good a Republican from Virginia who once chaired the conservative House Freedom Caucus is sounding the alarm about America's fiscal predicament accusing fellow Republicans of failing to focus on the critical issue and slash spending He blamed all Republican leadership during an interview with Fox News Digital You're not hearing a lot from Republican leadership from the White House or from the Congress about spending cuts he commented Good praised President Donald Trump on a variety of issues crediting the president with doing a great job in countless executive actions but he described the moves as quick fix sugar highs that could easily be undone when a Democrat wins the presidency again and announced that Congress has not been codifying Trump's policies into law He noted that the big glaring weakness for all of Republican establishment is failing to focus on the nation's debt and deficit and slashing spending TRUMP'S BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL PASSES KEY HOUSE HURDLE AFTER GOP REBEL MUTINYThe U S national debt is over trillion according to fiscaldata treasury gov President Trump and several GOP lawmakers have been seeking to push Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill through Congress but other Republicans have been pressing for changes The House Freedom Caucus issued a declaration on Sunday night declaring that the measure does not yet meet the moment As written the bill continues increased deficits in the near term with workable savings years down the road that may never materialize Thanks to discussions over the weekend the bill will be closer to the budget resolution framework we agreed upon in the House in April but it fails to authentically honor our promise to significantly correct the spending trajectory of the federal establishment and lead our nation towards a balanced budget the caucus board's report reads in part later adding We face a serious fiscal dilemma and we must put an end to Washington s wasteful spending now TRUMP'S BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL WINS AID FROM POLICE FOR OVERTIME TAX ELIMINATIONGood a fiscal hawk who has been referring to the measure as the big ugly bill indicated that if Republicans do not fight now when they only need votes to pass a measure in the Senate due to reconciliation they will not do so later He mentioned majority GOP figures like preponderance Democrats are largely focused on their own political careers and will be even weaker in the year of the midterm elections Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought has pushed back against criticism of the reconciliation bill Critics have attacked the House's One Big Beautiful reconciliation bill on fiscal grounds but I think they are profoundly wrong he wrote in a part of a post on X last week The current House bill includes trillion in savings These are not gimmicks but real reforms that lower spending and improve the programs So after nothing happening for decades the House bill provides a historic trillion in mandatory savings with a three-seat majority trillion in debt is not solved overnight It is solved by advancing and securing victories at a scale that over time gives a fighting shot to addressing the trouble The House's One Big Beautiful Bill deserves passage for a multitude of reasons tax cuts confines measure funding eliminating the Green New Deal work requirements to end dependency but it should not be lost on anyone the degree to which it ends decades of fiscal futility and gets us winning again It deserves the vote of every member of Congress he asserted TOO LATE TRUMP BACKS CHALLENGER TO FREEDOM CAUCUS CHAIR DESPITE RECEIVING PRIOR ENDORSEMENT Good who served in Congress from early until early lost a congressional GOP primary contest to a Trump-backed challenger Trump repeatedly attacked Good in the lead up to the primary contest asserting on Truth Social that Bob Good is BAD FOR VIRGINIA AND BAD FOR THE USA Good ultimately lost the primary by less than of the vote He had endorsed Florida Gov Ron DeSantis for president in before the governor launched his White House bid that year In Good endorsed Trump without delay after DeSantis dropped out In his endorsement post Good called Trump the greatest President of my lifetime adding we need him to reinstate the policies that were working so well for America Good expressed interest in the prospect of potentially running for office again telling Fox News Digital that he is keeping his options open and praying about it but has not arrived at a decision yet