Twelve years ago, then-President Obama closed the door on using the 14th Amendment to resolve a Republican-imposed debt ceiling crisis. President Biden, however, is leaving that door wide open. (via MaddowBlog)
President Joe Biden said on Friday he was not yet ready to invoke the 14th Amendment to avoid the United States defaulting on its debts as early as June 1, comments which for the first time suggested he has not ruled out the option. “I’ve not gotten there yet,” Biden said in an interview with MSNBC when asked about the possibility of invoking the amendment.
, but those five words — “I’ve not gotten there yet” — stood out for a reason: While Obama closed this door during the debt ceiling fight in 2011, Biden has left it wide open. The incumbent president obviously didn’t come right out and embrace the provocative tactic, but there’s a sizable gap between “I’ve not gotten there yet” and “no.
This does not sound like an administration prepared to close the door on the possibility. As someone who sees this approach as having real merit, I’m glad.
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