On the debt ceiling, Republicans are hostage takers with no demands

[LetMyPeopleVote]

President Biden is not going to negotiate with McCarthy over the debt ceiling. I am amused to see that McCarthy and his fellow idiots are not even able to come up with a list of demands for these "negotiations."

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At Tuesday’s State of the Union address, President Joe Biden performed a piece of political jujitsu: He got Republicans to actually take a position on the looming debt limit showdown. Sort of. Rather than identify what spending cuts the GOP wants in return for not letting the country default on its debt, they affirmed what’s off the table.

About halfway through his remarks, Biden accused “some Republicans” of wanting to use the threat of debt as leverage to cut Social Security and Medicare. GOP members of Congress quickly rose in denunciation, jeering the president. “We all apparently agree,” Biden joked, “Social Security and Medicare is off the books now.” Republicans applauded......

At Tuesday’s State of the Union address, President Joe Biden performed a piece of political jujitsu: He got Republicans to actually take a position on the looming debt limit showdown. Sort of. Rather than identify what spending cuts the GOP wants in return for not letting the country default on its debt, they affirmed what’s off the table.

About halfway through his remarks, Biden accused “some Republicans” of wanting to use the threat of debt as leverage to cut Social Security and Medicare. GOP members of Congress quickly rose in denunciation, jeering the president. “We all apparently agree,” Biden joked, “Social Security and Medicare is off the books now.” Republicans applauded.

[tanyev]

1. Um, isn't a hostage taker with no demands a flat-out terrorist?

[TheRealNorth]

2. It makes it so that if we agree to make cuts....

Whatever gets cut, the cuts are on us and not them.

[Johonny]

3. This is essentially a replay of the Paul Ryan years

and we all predicted it would be. Not sure why anyone would think A) they suddenly know what they want besides attention B) would simply raise the debt ceiling without drawing attention to themselves.

I don't see how it passes without the speaker going to the Democrats.

[Fullduplexxx]

4. Remind the Trump tax cuts