'Careening toward bankruptcy': Ron DeSantis rips debt ceiling deal
Florida’s Governor is taking a Memorial Day stand against the debt ceiling accord that President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy struck this weekend.
During an interview on Monday’s “Fox and Friends,” Gov. Ron DeSantis argued the debt ceiling deal wouldn’t stop the country from “careening toward bankruptcy.”
“Well, prior to this deal, our country was careening towards bankruptcy. And after this deal, our country will still be careening towards bankruptcy,” DeSantis said, before turning to the economics of the deal, which will suspend the debt limit through the end of 2024 and allow more deficit spending.
“And to say you can do $4 trillion of increases in the next year and a half,...
