{"id":626898,"date":"2021-08-09T18:05:22","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T22:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=626898"},"modified":"2021-08-09T18:05:24","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T22:05:24","slug":"mcconnell-says-republicans-wont-help-democrats-pay-for-socialist-shopping-list-in-debt-ceiling-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-says-republicans-wont-help-democrats-pay-for-socialist-shopping-list-in-debt-ceiling-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"McConnell Says Republicans Won\u2019t Help Democrats Pay For \u2018Socialist Shopping List\u2019 In Debt Ceiling Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmcconnell-says-republicans-wont-help-democrats-pay-for-socialist-shopping-list-in-debt-ceiling-fight%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=626898&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Photo-by-Anna-MoneymakerGetty-Images-232132-e1628544514128.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"43.202904396934\">\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday that Republicans will not help Democrats raise the debt ceiling after Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen asked Congress to pass an increase to the limit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/31\/mitch-mcconnell-joe-biden-called-him-talk-infrastructure-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">McConnell<\/a> gave a floor speech, calling the idea \u201ccomedy\u201d and a \u201cmonstrosity,\u201d and said Republicans will not take part in helping Democrats to raise the debt limit in order to pass massive spending packages without any input or support from their party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere\u2019s the comedy: They won\u2019t let Republicans have any say in this monstrosity\u2026 but they want our help raising their credit card limit to make it happen! Democrats want Republicans to help them raise the debt limit so they can keep spending historic sums of money with zero Republican input and zero Republican votes,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/19\/mitch-mcconnell-opposes-january-6-commission-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">McConnell<\/a> said in his floor speech.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"McConnell: Democrats Don\u2019t Get Bipartisan Borrowing for Totally Partisan Reckless Spending\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j_PYVleRcPQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImagine a friend tells you he\u2019s flying to Las Vegas to blow all his money. He doesn\u2019t care that you think it\u2019s irresponsible and you aren\u2019t invited to come. But he wants you to co-sign a loan for him before he leaves!\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/08\/mitch-mcconnell-explains-becomes-majority-leader-again-2022-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">McConnell<\/a> continued. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/03\/mitch-mcconnell-not-one-republican-supports-joe-biden-4-trillion-infrastructure-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: McConnell Says Not One Republican Will Support Biden\u2019s $4 Trillion Infrastructure Plan)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemocrats have all the existing tools they need to raise the debt limit on a partisan basis. If they want 50 lock-step Democratic votes to spend trillions and trillions more, they can find 50 Democratic votes to finance it. If they don\u2019t want Republicans\u2019 input, they don\u2019t need our help,\u201d he said. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/08\/mitch-mcconnell-explains-becomes-majority-leader-again-2022-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018Stopping The Worst\u2019 \u2014 McConnell Explains What He Would Do If He Becomes Majority Leader Again)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Democrats would need 10 Republican votes in order to raise the debt ceiling under a reconciliation process. This comes as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/09\/democrats-3-trillion-budget-resolution-partisan-fight-chuck-schume\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">released<\/a> Democrats\u2019 $3.5 trillion budget resolution earlier Monday. The budget resolution focuses on addressing climate change, health care, immigration and more. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/09\/democrats-3-trillion-budget-resolution-partisan-fight-chuck-schume\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Democrats Unveil $3.5 Trillion Budget Resolution, Setting Up Another Partisan Fight)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt couldn\u2019t be simpler. It couldn\u2019t be more fair. Besides, I thought my colleagues were thrilled to present another reckless taxing and spending spree to the American people. I thought middle-class families were supposed to be delighted with their socialist shopping list,\u201d McConnell added.<\/p>\n<p>Schumer <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/09\/democrats-3-trillion-budget-resolution-partisan-fight-chuck-schume\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">released committee-specific instructions<\/a> for creating different provisions for budget resolution along with the reconciliation package\u2019s text.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday that Republicans will not help Democrats raise the debt ceiling after Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen asked Congress to pass an increase &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-626898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=626898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626898\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}