NBC’s Chuck Todd knocked Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) for defending former President Donald Trump’s “absurd” flip on using the debt ceiling as leverage in negotiations. The “Meet the Press” host asked Donalds on Sunday whether he would be “comfortable” with a debt ceiling deal that could pass in Congress but isn’t embraced by progressives or the hard-right Freedom Caucus. Advertisement“I can’t imagine anybody ever even using the debt ceiling as a negotiating wedge,” Trump, then president, said at the time. It’s absurd,” Todd replied. “But you realize how partisan that sounds?” Todd asked.

Source: Huffington Post May 22, 2023 13:20 UTC