If the White House is forced to cite the 14th Amendment as it navigates House Republicans’ debt-ceiling hostage-taking gambit, we will have entered a “constitutional crisis,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Sunday, days after President Biden left the option open as some members of Congress continue to signal they may well shoot the hostage.
MTG will dictate how the debt ceiling issue is resolved.
We are being prepped for the real possibility of Biden invoking the 14th amendment. That would be a good thing, after an initial overreaction, but we can then put this ridiculous repeat scenario behind us for good.
Republican action on this will entirely depend on their short-term outlook on how i will influence the next election.
Don’t make him angry. You wouldn’t like him angry.
If McCarthy litigates the invocation of the 14th before SCOTUS are you confident they would find for Biden?
I think the GOPers do not understand economics or debt. They wanna see what happens with a default. They think its just ink on paper.
It wouldn’t be a good thing if the world economy crashes before the issue of the 14th can be resolved. That’s exactly what would happen, given how long it will take to move through the courts. Recession guaranteed, interest rate skyrocketing guaranteed.
How much pain do we want to suffer to get it resolved once and for all, and how confident are we that the current SCOTUS won’t shoot it down?
My forelorn hope is that the major corporations and financial sector donors will bring down the hammer and cause enough R’s in the House to vote with Dems for a clean debt limit raise.
Just as in the military and police, many corporations are run by Nazis, fascists and Christian nationalist zealots. Much of corporate leadership is firmly in the camp of the GOP. Maybe money trumps politics. Maybe not. Evidently McCarthy is willing to have a look.
My thoughts keep coming back to how many newly-elected GOP reps from NY there are, and how challenging their re-election prospects already look. Screwing up the global economy isn’t actually a winning look in those parts.
Republicans will most surely nominate Trump as their candidate for President in the next election. So we somehow assume the GOP will ultimately choose what is in the best interest of the nation regarding the debt ceiling?
Stealing pictures of me eh?
In my case the knife had a wood handle
Terrorists have a stranglehold on the actions of the U.S. House of Representatives. Once you negotiate with terrorists, well, you know…
It will be a efffen disaster. They are betting they can sell the press the story that it was all President Biden’s fault. tfg wins the prez job, and the GOP has found the highest possible cliff to drive over.
It will be a richly deserved capstone.
One of my brothers did that – the knife blade had a melted-in notch as a result. How he managed not to electrocute himself is a wonder.
BTW, we used it for years and years, until my mother replaced that cutlery with a set from my grandmother after she died…
Headline grumble:
Congress Has Pushed US Toward ‘Constitutional Crisis’ On Debt Limit, Yellen Says
No.
Not “Congress”.
The radical loony wing of the House GOP and their historically feckless sock puppet, Squeaker McCardboard. Them and only them. Let’s give “credit” where “credit” is due. (And, with a nod to the 14th Amendment, not question it.)
The Goopers hate history.
So they cannot relate to the (paraphrased) quote “those who do not study history are doomed to repeat it.”
IIRC, the last time the Goopers tried this, they lost.
Please proceed, Qevin.
I think the MAGAcrowd can be sold anything.
Evidence?
In 2020 trump got 74 million votes and 232 Electoral College votes
Biden got 81 million votes and 306 Electoral College votes
trump claimed he won. Tens of millions believe his lies
