CNN data analyst Harry Enten claimed Friday that constituents hate President Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill so much that the issue is threatening to eat lawmakers alive this summer.
All across the country, voters have been voicing their displeasure with the bill that gives tax breaks to the rich and puts conditions on Medicaid and Social Security, among other provisions.
In addition, the bill is expected to add $3.4 trillion to the federal deficit over the next decade, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
“Yeah, they hate the Big Beautiful Bill. They absolutely hate it,” Enten told Wolf Blitzer on Friday, showing major disapproval from multiple polling results.
Enten’s point was illustrated by a town hall appearance by Rep. Bryan Steil (R-WI) that devolved into heckling and booing over the bill and President Trump’s tariffs.
Enten listed four different polls to prove how much voters disapprove of the bill.
“The Big Beautiful Bill, the net favorable rating, minus 22 points; CNN, minus 22 points; CBS, minus 19 points; Fox and Wall Street Journal — the best of the bunch — minus 10 points,” Enten said, adding, “All way, way under water!”
Enten also compared the unpopularity of the bill to the 2017 tax cuts.
“Minus nine points. Not too hot to trot, but clearly much better than the average of polling right now in the Big Beautiful Bill,” Enten said, adding, “18 points underwater. This bill is twice as unpopular as those tax cuts were.”
“That town hall …in my mind, is just the beginning of what we’re going to see: Constituents just eating those representatives alive on the Big Beautiful Bill,” Enten said. “Simply put, it’s one of the most unpopular, if not the most unpopular bill I’ve ever seen passed and signed into law when it comes to the budgetary process.”