Ted Cruz Hurls Another Insult to Joe Biden Amid Debt Ceiling Deadlock
Republican Sen. Ted Cruz has taken another dig against President Joe Biden amid discussions of the US debt ceiling as Congress struggles to close a bipartisan fiscal deal.
Cruz then called on Biden to do something about the looming debt ceiling, recalling how the president had helped narrowly avoid similar default more than a decade ago as a vice president, as reported by The Daily Beast.
The senator said the president "needs to do the same thing." He added that he believes Biden has not done something so far because the president's "mental faculties are too diminished" to address the issue with the debt ceiling and "actually work together on a solution to the problems."
He then suggested that what the people are left with is a "bunch of young staffers in the White House," which he called "radical children."
Cruz went on to say that the White House staffers, which he called "radical children," are willing to risk a default as they have no appreciation of the damage it would do.
Ted Cruz on Joe Biden
Ted Cruz said just before April ended that Joe Biden was "behaving like a terrorist" for refusing to negotiate with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
Rolling Stone noted that the president insisted that Congress pass a bill to increase the debt ceiling without any strings attached instead of negotiating conditions.
Cruz went on to say that the Biden he knew from 2011 needs to come back, adding that they do not need the "they got right now locked in the basement."
He also made claims that the White House was run by 25-year-old radicals.
Cruz said that he hoped Republican senators will support a debit limit bill passed last week in the House, which would impose large spending cuts in education, rental assistance, and money for scientific research.
US Debt Ceiling
The president will be meeting with Republican and Democratic leaders at the White House on May 9 to discuss the US debt ceiling. However, it is not yet clear how the leadership will respond to the matter.
The debt ceiling is a limit that is placed on the amount of money the US government can borrow through the Treasury Department.
The US officially hit its debt limit on January 19, which prompted Treasury Department some of its extraordinary measures to continue paying the government's obligations and avoid a default, as cited by The New York Times.
Last year, the US debt ceiling reached $31 trillion. The country's borrowing cap is at $31.381 trillion.
If the debt limit is not raised or suspended, the federal government would not have enough money to pay its bills, which include interest and other payments such as military salaries and retirement benefits.
Economists argue that reaching such a situation would result in a financial crisis.
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Written by: Mary Webber
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