Biden closes out 2022 midterms with truth: Republicans are flat-out promising to trash the place
President Joe Biden is using the closing weeks of the midterm campaign to tell some harsh truths about Republicans: Not only do they not have a plan for the economy, they are also intent on destroying it if they don’t get their way on policy. Their way includes cuts to Social Security and Medicare, Medicaid, and other programs that are keeping people afloat amid high inflation and continued waves of the pandemic.
“Hear this closely: The Republicans have made it clear that if they win control of the Congress, they will shut down the government, refuse to pay our bills, and it’ll be the first time in our history America will default—unless I yield and cut Social Security and Medicare,” Biden said in a Monday speech. “There’s nothing, nothing, that will create more chaos, more inflation, and more damage to the American economy than this.”
He’s definitely not wrong. Wannabe Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy confirmed last week that he is totally on board with the vow from all four of the leading GOP members vying to chair the Budget Committee. Each one of them agreed that they would not agree to raise the debt limit when it comes due in about a year's time if they hold the House majority—not unless Biden capitulates to their demands for all those cuts.