DeSantis laments GOP concessions on debt ceiling deal: U.S. still ‘careening towards bankruptcy’
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (FLV) – Presidential candidate Gov. Ron DeSantis slammed the debt ceiling deal made between U.S. House Republicans and President Joe Biden, saying the country is still “careening towards bankruptcy.”
The deal suspends the $31.4 trillion debt ceiling through Jan. 1, 2025.
According to reports and to the dismay of other conservative lawmakers like Texas Rep. Chip Roy, the debt cap would be lifted by around $4 trillion.
“Well, prior to this deal [our] country was careening towards bankruptcy,” DeSantis said on Fox News. “And after this deal, our country will still be careening towards bankruptcy.”
“To say you can do $4 trillion of increases in the next year and a half – I mean, that’s a massive amount of spending,” he continued.
The governor bragged of his own state’s situation, Florida having a $1.2 trillion economy with a debt of around $17 billion, a number DeSantis touted as “second lowest per capita in the country.”
“We make tough choices and we make sure that we look forward to the long haul, obviously in Washington, D.C., they do these cycles to just get them through the next election and that’s ultimately one of the reasons why they continue to fail.”
Roy, along with Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie, are both vocal DeSantis-backers who came out in stark opposition to the debt ceiling deal.
Roy released a graphic that differentiates between the “swamp” deal and a conservative-backed deal described as “Limit, Save, Grow.”
Some notable differences include the Biden-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy deal keeping “98%” of the IRS expansion Democrats pushed for.
“Why I will oppose the #DebtCeiling ‘deal.’ It’s not a good deal. Some $4 Trillion in debt for – at best – a two year spending freeze and no serious substantive policy reforms. #NoDeal,” Roy said.
Although it garnered some strong conservative opposition, the deal is reportedly expected to pass the House by Wednesday, then heading to the Senate for a potential approval before or over the weekend.
