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Targetpractice12/06/2021 11:07:20 pm PST

The plan, however, would have Democrats cast a vote to raise the debt ceiling. It’s something Republicans did three times under former President Donald Trump, adding over $7.8 trillion to the deficit. McConnell assumes that the vote would be toxic for Democrats, but the reality is that shutting down the government would be toxic for Republicans.

To accomplish his goal, Raju writes that Republicans will need to cooperate under the Senate rules, and break the filibuster. That would mean McConnell would have to find ten Republicans that would agree to allow the debt ceiling bill to come up and then vote against raising it.

So Yertle thinks he’ll get political mileage out of avoiding a default by forcing Dems to vote for it? Oh please, PLEASE don’t throw me in that thar briar patch…