I think it's likely the R House members demanding terms for raising the debt ceiling...

[Girard442]

...is a smoke screen. I think it's more likely they plan to block any increase in the debt ceiling and thereby drive America's economy (and the world's) right off a cliff.

Much more effective than lighting the Reichstag on fire.

[lark]

1. They plan to make Vlad a happy man in many ways.

1 - weaken America and Europe by destroying our economies
2 - refuse all help to Ukraine enabling Vlad to win there
3 - weaken NATO to help Vlad

[Botany]

2. Eric Swalwell: Let's start calling the debt ceiling exactly what it is: paying Donald Trump's bills

Let’s start calling the debt ceiling exactly what it is: paying Donald Trump’s bills. It’s not allowing for new spending,
it’s paying for much of what Trump and @SpeakerMcCarthy recently spent.

https://mobile.twitter.com/RepSwalwell/status/1616201202894573589


https://mobile.twitter.com/79Wahoo/status/1616205104637480984/photo/1 great graph @ this link

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Many of the bat shit crazy republicans now in the House see crashing America's and the world's economy
as their path to a Christo Fascist empire. 70% of the House Republicans voted not to accept the outcome
of the 2020 Presidential election. These people are Fox News nutballs.

[JanLip]

3. I don't think they realize

They will be hurting themselves too. They think that It will hurt just us libs. Stupid is as stupid does

[EYESORE 9001]

5. I believe some of them are willing to endure some measure of hardship

if they believe it hurts their perceived enemies even worse.

[Mad_Machine76]

8. Maybe themselves

but what about their voters? Their voters probably don't fully understand what they're signing on for and may not be as willing to endure the kind of hardship their "leaders" are.

[SheltieLover]

4. Excellent! 👏👏👏👏

[Arthur_Frain]

6. Some people just want to watch it burn.

That’s usually only the stupid people.

There’s a lot of stupid people in congress right now.

There’s more stupid people here in the US than you thought there were.

Unfortunately there are also more sick/evil people than I had hoped.

[PortTack]

7. They'll fold, just like in the past. They know President Biden won't deal with their terrorist style

Demands to cut SS and MC.

They had a trifecta the first 2 yrs with the orange mass and didn’t do a damn thing. They are pushing this now because they want a dem president to be complicit in those cuts…it ain’t happening, President Biden already said he would not do that.

There are those in DC that wield a lot of power, turtle being one of them, he’s already said that the US would not default on its debt. Yes…I know it’s congress, but kevieee doesn’t have ANY power. Turtle will bring his weight down on mcquarthy and eventually it will collapse.