Wow! McCarthy is going nuts over Biden going to the G7 Summit!

[imanamerican63]

Does not understand why Biden would go overseas for 8 days with the debt ceiling looming?

Well Kevin! This should have been done by now but you refused to compromise the deal and it was your own leader whose bill has been paid yet!

[vanlassie]

1. Manufactured Outrage. He had his script all prepared.

[mitch96]

22. +1.. if Biden farted out the wrong side of his butt cheek they would be "outraged"..

Anything to feed the extremest base need for hate of the left will do..
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[Bev54]

30. Yes, he was counting on Biden going, as he should

To make hay out of straw.

[liberalmuse]

2. Hahahaha! Suck it, McCarthy.

President Biden will be taking questions about the debt ceiling and simply throwing them back onto the Republicans directly from the world stage. Excellent!

[ProudMNDemocrat]

3. Joe still has the 14th Amendment as his Trump card.

Pardon the pun.

Little Kevin can stew all he wants. Joe does things in a strategic manner to assure the world that the US is still the BEST bet for investment.

Joe is running circles around a clueless McCarthy.

[pwb]

4. Well it is Congress who pays the debts?

The Constitution is very short Kevin. Read it.

[Baitball Blogger]

5. So glad Biden isn't allowing McCarthy to call the shots.

If McCarthy is ready to talk turkey, I'm sure Biden will return early. But if McCarthy is planning to be a dick, why waste precious time?

[Cracklin Charlie]

6. We don't negotiate with terrorists.

Do your job, Kevin!

[Captain Zero]

7. McCarthy has to get 10 people in his party in line

Raise the debt ceiling in a clean bill.
And Biden can E sign it while he's in Europe.

[Botany]

8. Why should President Biden stick around and talk to no good asshole like McCarthy who wants to crash

the world's economy to make the House Free Dumb caucus happy?

How fucked up is this: Donald Trump's tax cuts for the obscenely wealthy are responsible for a QUARTER OF OUR NATION'S ENTIRE DEBT and Republicans want to cut YOUR social security to pay for it, and that's what this debt ceiling bullshit is all about. fucking unacceptable

Link to tweet

BTW Read a republican response to Tiedrich's tweet blaming the democrats for running up
the debt in 2020 w/the C-19 relief checks.

Link to tweet

[gratuitous]

24. Like shooting fish in a barrel, sometimes

Nitwits like Slade have the memory skills of a goldfish (3 seconds) and expect that everyone else does, as well.

[Botany]

36. Make the Republicans own this shit but the problem is that so much of the media is owned by ...

... the rich and/or the GOP.

Americans need to know raising the debt ceiling is about paying off the debt run up by Trump and company.

[Lovie777]

9. My gawd Kevin......................

can you please do something positive.

[maxsolomon]

10. after the Trump tax cuts, the debt ceiling was raised w/ no debate.

blah blah blah McCarthy.

[emulatorloo]

17. Yes. They raised it three times under Trump with no fussing.

[Freethinker65]

11. Thought Kev admitted his people and Biden's were still working behind closed doors negotiating?

Biden trusts his negotiators and can be contacted immediately should there be a breakthrough or question. Biden is President of the US, and thus can delegate tasks to extremely qualified and knowledgeable professional staff he trusts when he has other obligations, like attending a very important international/global economic summit with world leaders.

Kev can hang out with Gaetz and MTG and lead his House to find common ground to pass a bill to pay debts already incurred that will pass in the Senate. Kev wanted the title as Speaker of the House, but forgot about the job that comes with the title.

[onecaliberal]

12. This is what happens when you tell everyone you are not serious over and over.

Screw that soulless pile of garbage.

[Chainfire]

13. McCarthy sent the blackmail demand and Biden ignores it. Perfect!

[Johonny]

14. They hate that Biden isn't Trump and can do more than one

thing at a time. It's not like the president needs to physically be in a room to negotiate. In this case, it's McCarthy that needs to pass a bill and Biden really doesn't have a function in the House.

Thus, it's all made up outrage. Does anyone think the US is more served by the president skipping G7 to talk to the Speaker of the house about GOP fantasy meanness to poor people? Well, the morons on FOX, but anyone based in reality?

[CousinIT]

15. Theater. n/t

[SalamanderSleeps]

16. McCarthy is going nuts over anything is B.S.

Biden has half a grapefruit at breakfast.
McCarthy is going nuts!
The President talks to a mother and her kids in a coffee shop.
McCarthy is going nuts!
Etcetera...

McCarthy is Lyndsey lite.

If the U.S. defaults the shit will fall in the GOP's lap and they know it.

But, drama queens and dumb-asses rarely think of the consequences of their behavior.

[Initech]

18. Eh, let him. The anti-globalists can go eat shit.

[usonian]

19. My people will speak with your people because, quite frankly

you smell.

[Walleye]

20. Joe Biden is 10 times the man Kevin McCarthy will ever be. Suck it, little Kev.

It’s funny, Republicans want to show how tough they are and they put in this lightweight as speaker

[underpants]

21. He's not sitting and waiting for your dumb ass

[BumRushDaShow]

23. CONGRESS negotiates with other members of CONGRESS

NOT the "Executive Branch".

McCarthy needs to be talking to Hakim Jeffries, the Minority Leader of the House and to Chuck Shumer, the Majority Leader of the Senate (and Turtle, but I think he is afraid of him).

[ShazzieB]

28. I'll just bet Kev is afraid of Mitch!

I'll bet he's terrified of the turtle!

As much as I dislike Mitch, the mental image of Kevin cowering in his shadow is a cheering thought. Mitch is awful, but he's not stupid enough to play games that could crash our economy. Kev is both awful AND stupid, in addition to being under the control of House members like MTG who are even more awful and more stupid. That makes Kevin very, VERY dangerous.

[Bev54]

31. I think Kevin is too stupid to be afraid

He should be afraid but his stupidity and arrogance get in the way

[ShazzieB]

39. You may have a point there!

Maybe afraid is the wrong word. I do think Kevin is intimidated by certain people, Mitch being one of them. But that's not the same thing.

[HubertHeaver]

33. The Turtle has been known to snap.

[ShazzieB]

40. I see what you did there!

Good one!

[TygrBright]

25. Mr. MeCarthy - Biden is the President. No matter what you do, he'll keep Presidenting. n/t

[GoCubsGo]

26. "McCarthy is going nuts..." So, what else is new?

This is exactly how incompetent boobs behave when they don't get their way. And, incompetent boobs don't bet more incompetent than this fuckstick

[Marcuse]

27. Wonder who was the President in 2020 who held the checks until his signature was printed on them?

Wonder what happened in 2020. Oh wait, democrats gave out government checks then doubles the printing of cash.
12:17 PM · May 14, 2023

[DENVERPOPS]

34. The Dems

should have mailed out a copy of ANIMAL FARM with every check..........

[TeamProg]

29. OP - I don't understand this: "This should have been done by now but you refused to compromise the

the deal and it was your own leader whose bill has been paid yet!"

I've read it several times, doesn't make sense to me.

A missing "not" is kind of a biggie, what am I missing?

[JohnSJ]

32. Biden had a DETAILED budget in March. McCarthy has NOTHING, except cuts across the board, and

requirements that would hurt people that need it the most.

The racist, sexist, antisemitic, bigoted republican party

[NotVeryImportant]

35. I love how Dark Biden is giving these Republican sons-of-bitches the middle finger.

They will NOT hamstring him.

I was telling someone this morning that I don't believe that Biden will let a default happen.

Even if the Republicans try to make it happen, he will override it and do what needs to be done in the end.

If that happens, he's a shoe-in for '24.

[Maeve]

37. Debt ceiling in a congressional thing

They created it, they own it. They could fix it today, but it's too much fun for them.

[Paper Roses]

38. One bit of crap after another from McCarthy and crew.

I'm so sick of it I could scream. Wake up, you rethugs, you will lose in the end!

[Cha]

41. Eat Shit, Kev. Pres Biden said he's

coming back early to tell you to Raise the Debt Ceiling.