Psaki RIPS Into GOP: This Is THEIR Debt

thanks jen did the president ever consider asking democrats to use reconciliation earlier this year to lift the debt limit and avoid potentially cratering markets and affecting the american people if this is such an economic risk why give mcconnell any say at all why let mcconnell off the hook or republicans off the hook i mean this is their debt that they uh chalked up themselves this is a period of time where we could easily solve this in the next two days and easily do that through allowing democrats to be the adults in the room despite the fact that republicans spent like drunken sailors over the last four years before president biden took office so it's easy to get it done we did not need to start a long procedural process that's exactly what that would be we're not ruling out options because as we say i said in response to earlier question we have to get this done we have to get this done to ensure that people can't worry about their retirement savings don't worry about about cost their college savings for their kids but uh it's easy to get it done and we don't think republicans should be left off the led off the hook go ahead you said that the president has not yet talked to mcconnell since mcconnell sent that letter when was the last time the two spoke on the debt limit i don't have any readout of any recent call from them have you asked business groups to use their influence with mcconnell business groups have been pretty vocal in recent days and weeks but we leave it to them on how they want to reach out and engage with members go ahead the president said this morning that he intended to speak with senator mcconnell have they had that conversation uh yet and uh will it be face to face or i think what the president was conveying is that he's of course open to speaking to senator mcconnell that's the role or should be the role of any president to work to address what could be an economic catastrophe for the american public that they have not talked yet i don't know when it will be scheduled but what is clear is this is not a negotiation we know what needs to happen here what is happening in the senate right now is senate democrats have proposed that they would they would do all the votes to raise the debt limit we are we are they are happy to be the adults in the room they're not even asking republicans to vote for it at this point we know they're unwilling to be the adults in the room they are on they are blocking the effort for by democrats to raise the debt limit themselves so it's pretty clear what needs to happen that is the fastest the simplest the cleanest the least risky way to get this done and certainly that's what the president would convey if and when they speak obviously the president has known senator mcconnell for a long time he said they've been down this road before i think this morning he also knows that he's not someone who generally changes his his mind or vows to pressure like this so if republicans do not give on this what is the president's recommendation to senator schumer as the clock is quickly uh ticking uh toward that deadline well when when we're when we keep ticking we'll keep having a discussion about that obviously the democrats have expressed a willingness and openness and a desire to get this done unlike the republicans in the senate despite the fact that two trillion dollars of that eight trillion dollars was for tax cuts for the wealthiest which were unpaid for and the rest of it they supported most of them supported across the board the president as you heard him say he wasn't ruling out options this morning as it relates to legislative paths forward but what is very clear here is that the cleanest easiest fastest way to get this done is by the republicans allowing democrats to move forward with a vote they can do that tomorrow and we can reduce the uncertainty for the american people you

Channel: TYT Investigates

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Id: UjRhFv72bCk

Length: 3min 49sec (229 seconds)

Published: Tue Oct 05 2021

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