#shorts On 4/20/2023, a reporter asked White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “Just on the debt limit — at the risk of dating myself, I was here back in 2011 during the debt ceiling fight then. And due in part to the gridlock over that issue, S&P downgraded the nation’s credit ratings, markets plummeted, interest rates increased, the country’s borrowing costs went up by more than a billion dollars. Is the President risking the same by — and Congress — by dragging out this process?

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: It’s not the President that’s risking this. It is —

Reporter: Well, it’s everyone, right?

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: No, it is Congress —

Reporter: I mean, everyone is responsible.

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: — it is Congress that is risking this. These political stunts that you’re seeing from Speaker Mc- –McCarthy and the MAGA wing — this is dangerous. These are political stunts … We should not be doing this with conditions.

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/cX9Gx8AY2vc
Q: Is President risking by dragging out this process? everyone responsible A: MAGA political stunt