Trump Blasts McConnell for ‘Folding’ to Dems on Debt Ceiling Fight
Former President Donald Trump is ripping Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) for offering a temporary extension of the debt ceiling after arguing that Democrats should go it alone. In a statement on…
Former President Donald Trump is ripping Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) for offering a temporary extension of the debt ceiling after arguing that Democrats should go it alone.
In a statement on Wednesday, Trump said, “Looks like Mitch McConnell is folding to the Democrats, again.”
He added, “He’s got all of the cards with the debt ceiling, it’s time to play the hand. Don’t let them destroy our Country!”
Read the statement below:
On Monday, McConnell told President Joe Biden that Republicans believe “since your party wishes to govern alone, it must handle the debt limit alone as well.”
However, on Wednesday, McConnell said in a statement that Senate Republicans would “allow Democrats to use normal procedures to pass an emergency debt limit extension” through December to “protect the American people from a near-term Democrat-created crisis.”
After blasting the Democrats for not moving earlier to use the budget reconciliation process to raise the debt ceiling, the Kentucky senator said his offer will “moot Democrats’ excuses about the time crunch they created and give the unified Democratic government more than enough time to pass standalone debt limit legislation through reconciliation.”