LaffyJan 16, 2023

#Democrats respond to GOP calls for #DebtCeiling negotiations: No

“In exchange for not crashing the United States economy, you get nothing,” Sen. Brian Schatz said in an interview with The Daily Beast. “You don’t get a cookie. ... You’re just a person doing the bare minimum of not intentionally screwing over your constituents for insane reasons.”

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/democrats-respond-gop-calls-debt-ceiling-negotiations-no-rcna65944

Democrats respond to GOP calls for debt ceiling negotiations: No

“In exchange for not crashing the United States economy, you get nothing,” one Democratic senator said. “You don’t get a cookie."

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2/ Benen ends his post with this:

"Not to put too fine a point on this, but it’s not just that the president won’t engage in talks with Republican hostage takers, it’s that he can’t: To negotiate with those threatening Americans is to encourage others to threaten Americans."

Jan 16, 2023 at 6:15pmWeb
Show threadChiefaJan 17, 2023
@GottaLaff exactly…the 14th Amendment in the constitution is clear. Past debt stands on its own.