Biden Caught off Guard by McCarthy’s Debt Ceiling Success
President Joe Biden was caught off guard by Home Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) success in getting a debt ceiling invoice handed by way of the Home, in line with Politico.
The Restrict, Save, Develop Act passed the Home on Wednesday with no Democrat help. This laws would elevate the debt ceiling by way of early subsequent yr whereas saving the federal government an estimated $4.8 trillion over the subsequent ten years.
Alternatively, Biden has repeatedly refused to barter with McCarthy and Home Republicans on the debt restrict. As a substitute, Democrats like Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Biden desire a “clear” debt ceiling enhance, which suggests they need to increase it with out the spending reductions Home Republicans need.
Regardless of Democrats’ public statements that they’re profitable the messaging conflict over the debt ceiling difficulty, they’ve “personal issues over how this all finally ends — and what harm the standoff could do to a fragile, recovering financial system that’s crucial to Biden’s case for re-election,” Politico reported.
As Politico detailed:
Within the aftermath of the vote, Biden allies and advisers privately acknowledged that there’s no clear endgame to the debt ceiling standoff — and that McCarthy’s victory makes it harder to persuade reasonable Republicans to again a clear debt ceiling enhance for concern of financial catastrophe.
White Home officers “stay nervous about how and when the standoff will finish,” the outlet added.
Apparently, McCarthy’s communications director, Mark Bednar, identified that Politico modified the headline of its preliminary report back to make Biden seem extra favorable.
The outlet first ran its story with the next headline: “White Home regroups after McCarthy’s debt ceiling success stuns them.”
I knew there was a purpose I took a screenshot of @politico’s unique headline: pic.twitter.com/kkMSthgMeB
— Chad Gilmartin (@ChadGilmartinCA) April 28, 2023
Nevertheless, the headline was later modified to: “White Home regroups after McCarthy’s debt ceiling success.”
“When Politico removes ‘stuns them’ from their headline about Home Republicans’ debt restrict invoice as a result of nobody can know the Biden White Home would ever be caught off guard,” Bednar tweeted.
When Politico removes “stuns them” from their headline about Home Republicans’ debt restrict invoice as a result of nobody can know the Biden White Home would ever be caught off guard.
By no means ever. pic.twitter.com/pcFibBnvzB
— Mark Bednar (@MarkBednar) April 27, 2023
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