DeSantis Rips Debt Deal: “Careening To Bankruptcy”

Politico reports:

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday slammed the bipartisan debt ceiling deal, saying the country was still “careening towards bankruptcy.”

“Prior to this deal, our country was careening towards bankruptcy, and after this deal, our country will still be careening towards bankruptcy, and to say you can do 4 trillion of increases in the next year and a half, I mean, that’s a massive amount of spending,” DeSantis, who recently announced his 2024 presidential bid, said on “Fox & Friends.”

Republicans have been highly critical of the deal, with Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) calling the deal a “turd sandwich” and Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) saying it was “insanity.” The White House’s message to Democrats skeptical of the debt ceiling agreement is that it could have been much worse.

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DeSantis on Fox & Friends blames Trump (without saying his name) for the national debt pic.twitter.com/lfqar94vpJ

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“No excuses. No more excuses about why we can’t it done” — DeSantis again obliquely criticizes Trump pic.twitter.com/KD0mQZmiCn

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“He’s taken the side of Disney” — DeSantis did mention Trump by name in the context of DeSantis’s attacks on Disney pic.twitter.com/8j9yLCMaem

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DeSantis on @SpeakerMcCarthy‘s debt ceiling offer: “Prior to this deal, Kayleigh, our country was careening towards bankruptcy. And after this deal, our country will still be careening towards bankruptcy” pic.twitter.com/KAoY2eNesS

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