#shorts On 1/19/2023, a reporter asked White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “Given everything you just laid out with regard to House Republicans, what has the White House seen or heard from House Republicans that gives you confidence that we can avoid a default?”

MS. Jean-Pierre: Look, we’ve been very — very clear, and I’ll say this again — let me first say — let me first say this part: that after — after the midterm elections, the President was very clear, after we saw a historic — kind of a historic — historic, when it comes to a Democratic President in — in 60 years being able to — you know, to have a successful midterm, when you look at what we saw in the Senate and we look at the red wave that never happened. The President said … And so, we’re not going to — we’re just not going to negotiate about that. Because, again, it was done — under the last President, it was done three times, again, in a bipartisan way. This is — there is no alternative to Congress responsibility here to address the debt ceiling.

… So it is essential for Congress to recognize that dealing with the debt ceiling is their constitutional responsibility. This is an easy one. This is something that should be happening without conditions.

Reporter: Just to make sure I understand: Do you think House Republicans in this Congress see their responsibilities the way that you just outlined?

MS. Jean-Pierre: They should. I just laid out why they should — they should have the re- — they should feel the responsibility.

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/rLjt4R40UH4
Debt ceiling: confidence that we can avoid a default?