Panel: If McConnell takes over debt ceiling negotiations, McCarthy might face a ‘revolt’

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell may be a key player in the debt ceiling negotiations. Peter Baker, Juanita Tolliver and Brendan Buck join the Meet the Press NOW roundtable to discuss the standoff between President Biden and Speaker McCarthy over the debt ceiling, abortion politics and the 2024 elections.

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[barbaracarbone]

No negotiations on debt limits!! Ever!! This debt was allocated already.

[boborsini]

I dont care how political they wanna make this, eliminating SNAP, medicaid, teachers, and everything effecting poor folk is not negociable.

[kerrialexander]

No, the debt ceiling should not be used in this manner. McCarthy’s tactic is wrong. HE will own a default.

[seanabernethy]

It took 15 rounds of voting to get McCarthy as speaker and now we are surprised the Republicans are going to default our economy

[ijvgxqr]

Buck says the recent limit raises under Trump were "attached to something". Really? What?

[johntaylor]

To present this as a both sides issue is nonsense. There’s a clear right and wrong here. It’s wrong not to raise the debt limit and pay what’s due. The budget should be an entirely separate debate. For Baker and Buck to argue who looks better politically is off the rails..

[Kent]

The debt limit is a misnomer, it is simply paying the bills that everyone agreed (in advance) to incur.
It's like a husband-and-wife agreeing to buy a car and then the wife deciding not to make the payment.

[christineehgtinyhouse]

Seems like everybody still listens to Warren Buffett who is like 86 and Charlie Munger who is 96. I'd rather have Joe Biden who's got the experience of government I can speak a coherent sentence unlike Trump who Cox and word salad and has absolutely no factual information behind what he says.

[presidentmeeks]

the bill to rise the debt limit has only been clean but now that reps have some power they say F the people let's do what our donors want over the people

[juju-xxxn]

Only ONE of the 3 Trump debt ceiling bills were tied to cuts in spending. That bill called for cuts and the cuts would not start till 2027. So Trump and the GOP passed 2 clean debt ceiling measures. I think Mr. Buck was a little confused when he said all 3 were tied to cuts when they really were not. Only 1 was tied to spending cuts. Look it up!

[NoreenHennig]

They passed debt ceiling 3 times THREE TIMES!

[LindySitar-gnpq]

They raised it for orangeman 3 times without a problem.

[carlbeaver]

If McConnell takes over A) nothing will get done, ever or B) he's figured out a way to profit personally from it or C) He thinks it will get him back in the big seat (where he can accomplish A & B.)

[deannealbrecht]

Section 4 of the 14th Amendment is clear about American, "validity of the public debt shall not be questioned."

[rainbow]

President Biden needs to get a clean debt ceiling!

[ginoable]

when the republicans say they want to talk about it, they mean lie and tell people what they want to hear. many Americans have a short attention span. scotus picks said roe v. wade won't be overturned and the first chance they got, they overturned it.

[THATBOISHAD]

You can't negotiate when it comes to safety net programs.

[zenmode]

I wanna know what's not clean about the previous 3 bills.

[rzipper]

Let's not overcomplicate this
Republicans passed a 2 trillion tax break for billionaires
and corporations. And now they are refusing to pay for it.

[nicholasgallanis]

Spending limits should be discussed durring the budget negotiations, not afterwards when the budget has been spent & it's time to pay the bills.