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644fb6f78f08a11e50b4ccb3](The Guardian)[/url] Kevin McCarthy jabs Biden over US debt ceiling
We woke to news that Kevin McCarthy has been taking jabs at Joe Biden during his visit to Israel, teasing the president for not talking with him about a deal to raise the debt ceiling.
The speaker lamented what he saw as Biden’s tardiness in inviting Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House, and reluctance to meet with McCarthy to negotiate a solution to concerns over the national debt.
“President Biden hasn’t talked to me about the debt ceiling for the last 80 some days so. I think he, the prime minister, might be in good company if he treats me the same way,” McCarthy told the news outlet Israel Hayom. “If that [visit to the White House] doesn’t happen, I’ll invite the prime minister to come meet with the House.”
The partisan attack on Biden raised eyebrows because McCarthy is in Israel leading a bipartisan delegation of lawmakers to celebrate the country’s 75th anniversary. He will address Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, in short order.
Kevin McCarthy is about to address the Knesset after earlier meeting Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
It’ll be the first time a House speaker has addressed the country’s parliament in a quarter-century, when another Republican, Newt Gingrich, spoke there in 1998.
Netanyahu hailed McCarthy, who is leading a bipartisan delegation of lawmakers to celebrate the country’s 75th anniversary, as: “a champion of the Israeli-American alliance”.
The Knesset reconvenes today after a month off amid tensions over a contentious government plan to overhaul the judiciary that has split Israelis and drawn concern from the US, the Associated Press reports.
Joe Biden has voiced concern about the legal overhaul and, largely because of it, has so far denied Netanyahu a customary invitation to the White House after his election win late last year.
McCarthy took jabs at Biden Monday in an interview with the news outlet Israel Hayom. He lamented what he saw as Biden’s tardiness in inviting Netanyahu to the White House, and reluctance to meet with McCarthy to negotiate a solution to concerns over the national debt.
“President Biden hasn’t talked to me about the debt ceiling for the last 80 some days so. I think he, the prime minister, might be in good company if he treats me the same way,” McCarthy said. “If that [visit to the White House] doesn’t happen, I’ll invite the prime minister to come meet with the House.”
We woke to news that Kevin McCarthy has been taking jabs at Joe Biden during his visit to Israel, teasing the president for not talking with him about a deal to raise the debt ceiling.
The speaker lamented what he saw as Biden’s tardiness in inviting Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House, and reluctance to meet with McCarthy to negotiate a solution to concerns over the national debt.
“President Biden hasn’t talked to me about the debt ceiling for the last 80 some days so. I think he, the prime minister, might be in good company if he treats me the same way,” McCarthy told the news outlet Israel Hayom. “If that [visit to the White House] doesn’t happen, I’ll invite the prime minister to come meet with the House.”
The partisan attack on Biden raised eyebrows because McCarthy is in Israel leading a bipartisan delegation of lawmakers to celebrate the country’s 75th anniversary. He will address Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, in short order.
Kevin McCarthy is about to address the Knesset after earlier meeting Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
It’ll be the first time a House speaker has addressed the country’s parliament in a quarter-century, when another Republican, Newt Gingrich, spoke there in 1998.
Netanyahu hailed McCarthy, who is leading a bipartisan delegation of lawmakers to celebrate the country’s 75th anniversary, as: “a champion of the Israeli-American alliance”.
The Knesset reconvenes today after a month off amid tensions over a contentious government plan to overhaul the judiciary that has split Israelis and drawn concern from the US, the Associated Press reports.
Joe Biden has voiced concern about the legal overhaul and, largely because of it, has so far denied Netanyahu a customary invitation to the White House after his election win late last year.
McCarthy took jabs at Biden Monday in an interview with the news outlet Israel Hayom. He lamented what he saw as Biden’s tardiness in inviting Netanyahu to the White House, and reluctance to meet with McCarthy to negotiate a solution to concerns over the national debt.
“President Biden hasn’t talked to me about the debt ceiling for the last 80 some days so. I think he, the prime minister, might be in good company if he treats me the same way,” McCarthy said. “If that [visit to the White House] doesn’t happen, I’ll invite the prime minister to come meet with the House.”
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