Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), who President-elect Trump threatened to enter into the primary last month, joined Trump for a House Freedom Caucus meeting Friday at Mar-a-Lago.
Congressman Eli Crane (R-Ariz.)shared a photoIn addition to Roy, the group includes representatives from Mar-a-Lago, including Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colorado), and Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Colorado). (Tennessee) included. and about a dozen other members.
“We had a great night at Mar-a-Lago with the House Freedom Caucus. We had dinner with President Trump and Elon Musk and talked about the way forward,” Crane said. .
President Trump will consider challenging Roy in primary against Texas Republican, saying Congress is standing in the way of his push to raise the debt ceiling as part of government funding talks in December I encouraged them to do so. President Trump called him “very unpopular” and accused him of seeking “cheap publicity.”
Ahead of Friday's Mar-a-Lago meeting, members told The Hill they plan to make their case to President Trump about their preferred policies and strategies. They planned to ask Trump how they could help meet the bill's goals while containing spending.
The meeting will see Republicans explore how to pass President Trump's agenda on issues such as the border, energy and tax cuts, and whether they need two bills or one bill to do so. It was held in the middle of the day.
The Congressional Freedom Caucus supports a two-bill strategy, but President Trump has said he would prefer “one big, beautiful bill.”
During Friday's meeting, members doubled down on the need for two bills.punch bowlReported.
President Trump's transition team did not respond to The Hill about what was discussed at the meeting.
