On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Kudlow,” House Speaker Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) argued that President Joe Biden is “playing with the financial markets of America” by refusing to say he’ll negotiate over raising the debt limit and said that if Senate Democrats want the limit raised, they should pass a budget so we know where the money’s for. McCarthy also said claims Republicans are going to cut Social Security and Medicare and default on bond payments are untrue.
McCarthy said, “We have to negotiate over the debt. Our whole government is designed to have compromise. Republicans control the House. Democrats have a small majority in the Senate. And he’s the President. He is playing with the financial markets of America by saying he wouldn’t negotiate. … Does he not believe that there’s not one dollar that you can find to eliminate…
