Florida Republican Sen. Rick Scott said Friday that rising inflation will not slow down the âstaggeringâ amount of taxpayer dollars that Democrats are spending.
During an interview Friday morning with Brian Kilmeade on Fox Newsâ âFox & Friends,â Scott said itâs important to look at what happened Thursday in the three-month debt ceiling extension.
âDemocrats raised the debt ceiling to about $29.2 trillion, and think about this. They raised it by $480 billion, just for two months,â Scott said.
âThat means theyâre spending, what, $3 trillion more per year than we collect,â he said.
Scott also noted the temporary measure did nothing to help in other areas of the nationâs economy.
âDemocrats did nothing to save Social Security. They did nothing to protect Medicare. And by the way, look at this inflation thatâs just hurting the poorest families, like my mom growing up. They did nothing to stop this inflation,â the senator said.
He noted that these financial obligations donât include the Democratsâ efforts to pass a $3.5 trillion spending bill.
âThose numbers are without their $3.5 trillion, which is really a $5.5 trillion bill,â Scott said. âThe amount of money the Democrats are spending is staggering.â
President Joe Biden has blamed former President Donald Trump for the current debt ceiling situation.
âThe reason we have to raise the debt limit is, in part, because of the reckless tax and spending policies under the previous Trump administration,â Biden said on Monday.
âIn four years, they incurred nearly $8 trillion. In four years, $8 trillion in additional debt and bills we have to now pay off. Thatâs more than a quarter of the entire debt incurred now outstanding after more than 200 years.â
Trump released a statement on Wednesday urging Senate Republicans to oppose the debt ceiling extension supported by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
âRepublican Senators, do not vote for this terrible deal being pushed by folding Mitch McConnell. Stand strong for our Country. The American people are with you!â he said in a statement.
The Senate passed the extension 50-48 on Thursday to extend the governmentâs funding for two additional months.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.