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President-elect Donald Trump is calling for a primary challenge against Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, for “getting in the way” of increasing the debt limit, which the near four-term incumbent strongly opposes.
“The very unpopular ‘Congressman’ from Texas, Chip Roy, is getting in the way, as usual, of having yet another Great Republican Victory,” he wrote on Truth Social Thursday evening. “All for the sake of some cheap publicity for himself.”
He further argued that Republican obstructionists “have to be done away with,” and that “Democrats are using them.”
“Our Country is far better off closing up for a period of time than it is agreeing to the things the Democrats want to force upon us,” he wrote. “Biden is President, and it’s his obligation to properly lead. We’re there to do the right thing, and we can’t agree with what Biden and the Democrats are demanding.”
He continued, “Weak and ineffective people like Chip have to be dismissed as being utterly unknowledgeable as to the ways of politics, and as to Making America Great Again. Put ‘America First,’ and go for the Victory, even if it mens shutting the Government down for a period of time.”
He concluded, “We had an overwhelming Victory just four weeks ago, and we’re not going to let the Democrats forget it so quickly.”
President Trump mentioned Roy in a subsequent post, writing that he was “just another ambitious guy, with no talent.” He also mentioned outgoing Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., who lost his primary earlier this year, adding that he hoped “some talented challengers” were getting ready to challenge Roy.
Roy has been a staunch opponent of the more than 1,500-paged continuing resolution, The Daily Signal reported, with more than $100 billion in extra spending since its release earlier this week.
President Trump has called upon lawmakers to raise or abolish the debt ceiling as part of discussions to fund the national government, according to one report from The Hill.