On 1/24/2023, House Speaker Republican Kevin McCarthy hosted his weekly press conference on Tuesday evening. He called on President Biden to “stop playing politics” and agree to negotiate spending cuts before raising the debt ceiling. McCarthy accused President Joe Biden of “playing politics” with the U.S. debt limit amid a standoff over how to avoid a massive national default that could tank financial markets across the globe. “I want to look the president in the eye, and tell me there’s not $1 of wasteful spending in government. Who believes that? the American public doesn’t believe that,” McCarthy told reporters at a press conference. “Our whole government is designed to have compromise, but here’s the leader of the free world, pounding on the table, being irresponsible, saying ‘No, no, no, just raise the limit. Make us spend more.’ No, that’s not how adults act.”
He suggestedthat a meeting with White House is far from being on the calendar, “What I have asked for, is to sit down, let’s find common ground, and let’s eliminate the wasteful spending to protect the hardworking taxpayers to protect the future of America,” McCarthy told reporters. “And for the President to say he wouldn’t even negotiate, that’s irresponsible. We’re going to be responsible. We’re going to be sensible and we’re going to get this done together.”
“I don’t think anyone in America would live this way, that they would reach their limit on a credit card and just extend the limit and not look at where they’re spending. No state can do this, no family can do this, no city or county can do this. This isn’t even the behavior of past Joe Biden. When Joe Biden was vice president, they called them the “Biden Talks.” he praised the idea of negotiation together. I don’t think anybody in Congress believes this, as well.
I think we have to be sensible and responsible. We have to have a responsible debt ceiling. I’m not saying never to the debt ceiling. I’m just saying, we hit $31 trillion. 120% of GDP. Your party has been in power for four years. You increased discretionary spending by 40%, $400 billion.
I want to look the president in the eye and tell me there’s not one dollar of wasteful spending in government. Who believes that? The American public doesn’t believe that. Our whole government is designed to have a compromise. But here’s the leader of the free world, pounding on a table and being irresponsible, saying, “No, no, no, just raise the limit, make us spend more.”
No. That’s not how adults act. That’s not how elected officials, that’s not how the American public believes their elected officials act. So what I have asked for is to sit down, find common ground, and let’s eliminate the wasteful spending to protect the hard-working taxpayers and protect the future of America.
The greatest threat to America, it doesn’t matter if you sit before a four star general, they’ll tell you the debt is the greatest threat to this nation. And for the president to say he won’t even negotiate is irresponsible.
Biden has made clear that the debt limit is nonnegotiable and that he won’t grant any concessions。
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McCarthy： Biden “That’s Not How Adults Act” For Refusing To Negotiate On Debt Limit