Schumer Tries Intimidating GOP On Raising Debt Ceiling. McConnell Fires Back, Your ‘Party Line Authors’ Will Be The ‘Party Line Owners’
That elicited a stinging rebuke from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who snapped, “We have a unified Democrat government that has decided to govern alone. They cannot put partisan ambitions ahead of basic duties. The party-line authors of this reckless taxing and spending spree will be the party-line owners of raising the debt limit.”
Schumer lectured, “Senate Democrats have said repeatedly that they are all for avoiding a government shutdown; they have said repeatedly that the debt ceiling must be raised. So I want to offer a novel suggestion: If Republicans want to avoid default, then they should vote yes. If Republicans want to keep the government open, they should vote yes. But incredibly, leader McConnell, spinning a tale or web of subterfuge, deception, or outright contradictions, has said that he is going to vote no and he urges Republicans to vote no. This is Alice in Wonderland logic. Republicans claim to oppose a default, but they’re saying they’re going to vote for one anyway. They say they oppose a government shutdown but they’ll vote for one anyway … If they vote no, the Republican Party will be solidifying itself as the party of default. … If Republicans votes favor a shutdown and default, the American people will see exactly who is responsible for throwing our country into crisis.”
“Republicans are shining a spotlight on the reckless taxing and spending spree the Washington Democrats are writing behind closed doors,” McConnell fired back. “The radical Left is pushing in all their chips; they want to use this terrible but temporary pandemic as a Trojan horse for permanent socialism. And President Biden, who ran as a ‘unifying moderate,’ is either powerless to stop them or does not wish to. An avalanche of crushing tax hikes that would hurt families and help China. A government power grab over more of Americans’ healthcare decisions, childcare choices, family finances and daily lives. Trillions upon trillions more of government spending when families are already facing inflation.”
