Mitch McConnell has voted to raise the debt ceiling 32 other times throughout his Senate career. So what gives now?

This is the brass-knuckled politics of destruction, plain and simple. Mitch is convinced that obstructing Joe Biden’s success — even if it risks a major economic crisis — is his best path to gaining control of the Senate gavel. And he will stop at nothing to seize power.

President Biden’s White House meeting yesterday with top business leaders to focus on the economic devastation a default would cause raised the heat — and, combined with threats to end the filibuster (which we should do), Mitch blinked, at least for now. He agreed to temporarily lift his blockade and allow a vote to extend the debt ceiling limit for two months.

But folks, kicking the can down the road two months is not a solution. In December we will be right back where we were yesterday — and Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans will be prepared to take our economy over a cliff instead of doing the right thing for our country.

If we can’t trust Republicans to do what’s right for American workers and families by preventing an economic catastrophe, then we certainly can’t trust them with the Senate leadership. Can you pitch in whatever you can to make sure we are prepared to do what it takes to keep our Senate majority in 2022 and keep the adults in charge? [[link removed]]

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Mitch McConnell knows a default would trigger economic chaos, but he is prepared to do just about anything to weaken Biden’s presidency and undermine Democrats’ forward-looking agenda for America.

We cannot let up! We are so close to passing the Build Back Better agenda which would turbo-charge the fight against climate change, modernize our infrastructure, and make real progress lifting up American families, students and seniors, and ensuring that billionaires and large corporations pay their fair share in taxes. And we must pass legislation to protect our democracy.

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Onwards,

Chris

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