Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) pushed back against criticisms of President Donald Trump‘s ‘big, beautiful bill,’ which Trump ally Elon Musk deemed a “disgusting abomination.”

Thune suggested that analyses by people he dubbed “Washington, D.C. scorekeepers” on the president’s tax bill were previously incorrect about other pieces of legislation, using the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and the $1.5 trillion it generated as an example. Beyond what he said is the “track record” of these forecasts being incorrect, Thune also predicted that reduced taxes would lead to increased incentive to invest, creating “better-paying jobs.”