“No matter how good it is for the country not to default, it’s not going to please the chaos caucus of the GOP,” Rick Wilson said.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Joe Biden have agreed to a tentative deal that will raise the debt ceiling, saving the country from default. However, this move could ultimately be the beginning of the end for McCarthy’s speakership and the start of his “death clock,” according to former GOP strategist Rick Wilson.
Following weeks of negotiations, Biden and McCarthy announced a tentative deal on Saturday night to raise the $31.5 trillion debt limit for two years while also cutting federal spending, just days before the United States is set to default on its commitments—which experts say would have devastating impacts to the global economy. The deal will extend the debt limit until January 2025, cap spending in the 2024 and 2025 budgets, repeal unused COVID-19 relief funds, cut Internal Revenue Service (IRS) funding and add work requirements for food aid programs, CNN reported.
“[It’s a] great night for Joe Biden, great night for the White House even though I think their messaging has been kind of tentative for the last couple of weeks,” Wilson said during an appearance on MSNBC on Saturday. “I think though we are now going to probably start the Kevin McCarthy death clock.”
The former GOP strategist added: “He has certainly got a very angry part of his caucus tonight who are probably burning up his phone.
