Both parties have held the debt ceiling hostage as a political tool. For example, in 2011, the Republicans did it. But in 2013, the Republicans did it. On the other hand, this year it is the Republicans who are doing it.
@rubenbolling What kind of brain-rot caused them to tweet that in the first place? They had to actively compose a convoluted sentece to hide reality. Can't be an accident. Seems NYT is using a perception-filter heavily in favor of Anarcho-Capitalistic MAGATs.