.Nikki Haley slammed her fellow presidential candidates, Donald Trump and RonDeSantis, for their debt limit support record as Congress scrambles to avoid a default on the nation's bills before June 5.
In an email to reporters Tuesday, the Haley campaign attacked Trump and DeSantis for supporting a 2018 measure that increased the nation's debt ceiling. DeSantis, then a member of the House, voted for the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, which Trump signed into law.
Haley, who has consistently polled behind Trump and DeSantis, has increased her attacks against the two lawmakers in recent weeks. In a statement, she called for the public to choose a leader that won't add to the nation's debt, a subtle acknowledgment that Haley needs to convince voters who are sympathetic to the two men to back her instead.
DeSantis weighed in on the debt limit fight that could endanger the leadership of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Monday. “Our country was careening toward bankruptcy, and after this deal, our country will still be careening toward bankruptcy," the governor told Fox & Friends.
Republican conservatives in the House, meanwhile, have trashed the deal, with 20 members already saying they will vote no on the deal.
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