It’s Not Just Trump Upset over McConnell’s Debt Ceiling Agreement.
His fellow GOP Senators are condemning the move as well.
In an admittedly unsurprising move, Kentucky Senator and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell reached an agreement with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to raise the debt limit until December. Ultimately, he didn’t really have a choice when his Democratic colleagues argued it would be too lengthy of a process to raise it through reconciliation at that moment in time and Schumer vowed to hold a vote anyway, forcing McConnell’s hand. There wasn’t a chance that the moneyed interests who depend on McConnell to maintain corporate influence over the GOP were going to allow the nation to default on its debt, hence the reason McConnell made the decision to strike a deal.
Apparently however, it’s not just Donald Trump — with his hopes of running in 2024 and anger that Biden was handed this “win” — who is upset that McConnell reached an agreement with Schumer. Evidently, his fellow Senate Republicans are critiquing the decision as well.
Alexander Bolton with The Hill writes:
“…Even at a Senate Republican Steering Committee lunch shortly before the statement came out, McConnell kept his plans close to his vest as fellow Senate Republicans discussed various options for…
