'MAGA Republicans in Congress are threatening to default on the national debt,' Biden said in his latest salvo against the House speaker's tactics.
President Joe Biden hammered Speaker Kevin McCarthy and House Republicans over their tactics in the debt ceiling fight.The president's remarks came as McCarthy unveiled a bill to raise the debt ceiling for a year while cutting billions in spending.
He also went as far as quoting Republican former Presidents Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump to stress the catastrophe it would cause. Speaking at the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 77 in Accokeek, Maryland, he then compared the McCarthy's plan to the words of other conservative leaders who opposed the move.
Biden went on to quote his predecessor, Trump, who expressed disbelief that anyone would use the debt ceiling in political negotiations.
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