The debt ceiling deal was a negotiation with economic terrorists. It protects those who do not need protection - who if anything should be held more accountable - and it inflicts harm on people who are most vulnerable. Also, it had nothing to do with fiscal responsibility. If McCarthy had really been about fiscal responsibility, he would’ve been open to cutting the military budget as well as letting Biden spend money on IRS agents who would’ve caught wealthy tax cheaters. Situations like this just keep moving the Overton window further and further away from a “government of the people, by the people, and for the people.”

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This is why the rich and elites need to be kicked out of running America. Millions of people have been cut from food assistance and health insurance by Biden in March. Feeding Americans must never ever be a negotiable issue unless it is to do more for them.
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Anyone serious understands the debt ceiling HAD to be raised Most folks understand that a core constituency of the House gop won't ever vote to raise the debt ceiling And yet, the debt ceiling is being raised Everything else is really irrelevant right now Pick your battles
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They are not “economic terrorists.” Some people see the current state of this government, see that you want even more damage, and think the you are the “economic terrorist.”
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So far, just today, you have referred to the GOP leadership as "terrorists" and as "fascists." Is this really the way to promote healthy political discourse in this country?
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And now the GOP will go for more tax cuts for the wealthy. You're 100% correct, it's not about debt.
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Run for another office to make change!! Running for potus is going to throw the election to the fascists you claim you'll do anything to stop from happening. You can stop it! You have good ideas but, wrong office to run for!! I'd be willing to listen to you if you ran elsewhere!
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Inflammatory rhetoric, i.e. terrorists doesn’t serve the purpose well Ms. Williamson.