Speaker McCarthy says President Biden is playing games when it comes to the debt ceiling.
After an unsuccessful sit-down on Tuesday, Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy unloaded on President Biden for “ignoring the glaring issues. ahead of him.”
“Republicans have done our part,” McCarthy told reporters, referencing the GOP’s debt ceiling bill.
McCarthy released a statement along with a video following the meeting.
“For 97 days, President Biden has played political games and ignored the obvious glaring issue ahead of him. Now, our nation is at the precipice of defaulting for the first time in history. The House passed a plan that would responsibly raise the debt ceiling – meaning Republicans have done our part. The House Republican plan limits government spending, saves taxpayer money, grows the economy, and simply authorizes spending levels that the United States was operating off of five months ago. It’s time for President Biden to come to the negotiating table or risk bumbling into default…
“Is it too much to ask that we spend what we spent just five months ago?”
Watch the video above.
Biden, on the other hand, thought the meeting went well and released a statement of his own.
First, I just finished, I thought, a productive meeting with the congressional leadership about the path forward to make sure America does not default — I emphasize does not default on its debt for the first time in history.
And I’m pleased but not surprised to hear Republican Minority Leader of the United States Senate saying that — at our meeting that the United States is not going to default. It never has, and it never will. And he’s absolutely correct.
We continue — we agree to continue our discussions, and we’re going to meet again on Friday.
More over at The Daily Wire:
‘Republicans Have Done Our Part’: McCarthy Blasts Biden After First Debt Ceiling Negotiation In Months https://t.co/IUMUwX8PYT pic.twitter.com/53bPnHRh0z
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