The White House derided the historically nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office as a “partisan and political” institution Tuesday after it projected low economic growth and predicted that President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” would add trillions to the national deficit.
“There hasn’t been a single staffer in the entire Congressional Budget Office that has contributed to a Republican since the year 2000. But guess what? There have been many staffers within the Congressional Budget Office who have contributed to Democrat candidates and politicians every single cycle,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Tuesday.
“So unfortunately, this is another institution in our country that has become partisan and political, and we are very confident in our own economic analysis of this bill,” Leavitt said.