Usually, good presidents like to project strength and confidence, both in America’s abilities and their own. Joe Biden isn’t a good president.
At a press conference called for the sole purpose of trying to convince Congress to raise the debt limit, Biden was asked if he could guarantee that the United States would not default on its debt. Biden responded, “No, I can’t. That’s up to Mitch McConnell.”
What a cowardly effort to avoid responsibility.
The Senate parliamentarian just affirmed this morning that Senate and House Democrats are completely able to raise the debt limit by themselves through the reconciliation process. They just don’t want to.
Democrats are rushing to pass another trillion-dollar spending bill through Congress without any input from Republicans. First, Democrats passed a $1.9 trillion bill without Republicans this March; now, they want to pass a $3.5 trillion spending bill, again without Republicans.
If the Democrats are so intent on spending by themselves, then they should also have no problem borrowing by themselves.
All they need is some leadership from President Biden to get it done.
