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[Rick Plant]

Kevin McCarthy and the GOP are getting ratioed, by the people on their own side, on every tweet they’ve posted today. That’s how badly they’ve lost this budget battle.

President Biden is a savvy smart politician and took the weak ineffective Kevin McCarthy to school on the debt ceiling. Biden got nearly almost everything he wanted while McCarthy had to give up the most radical GOP proposals.

The worst thing is, that the so called "Freedom Caucus" which is made up of far right wing radicals MAGAs, really wanted to default on our debt just so they could attack President Biden during the election season in 2024. Americans lives would have been ruined and our country would have been destroyed, but these radicals wanted to do it because MAGA is about destroying everything. Donald Trump was publicly advocating for default.

Republicans are angry at Kevin McCarthy and are angry what he said about President Biden because it once again debunks the right wing conspiracy theory that "Biden has dementia" or that "Biden is weak". McCarthy called Biden "tough and smart" which he is. President Biden out negotiated and outsmarted the Republicans once again. Experience matters and we have a tough, smart, experienced President in The White House.

     
Max Cohen @maxpcohen

I asked McCarthy about how he would describe his interactions with Biden during negotiations.

“Very professional, very smart. Very tough at the same time,” McCarthy replied.

https://twitter.com/maxpcohen/status/1662830860368850945


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[Rick Plant]

"Joe Biden came to office with more experience on how to cut realistic, what-the-traffic-will-bear Capitol Hill deals than any incoming president in American history – and it shows.”

-Mark Halperin


Doug Jones @DougJones

Looks like @JoeBiden has once again defied expectations. Yeah I know some Dems don’t like the so-called concessions, but folks these were coming anyway and in the scheme of things it is clearly advantage Biden. 

What the President so deftly did was to simply save the country from a catastrophic default on the country’s debt while jump starting budget talks for the appropriations bills needed by the end of the year.  Maybe with this deal we not only stave off a default on our debt - which remember was goal number one-  but we go a long way in preventing a government shutdown later this year.  And, to borrow a phrase/lyric, in a divided government you can’t always get what you want but if you try like Biden you just might find you get what you need.

https://twitter.com/DougJones/status/1662996770966712320


CBPolitics @ClistonBrown

So I’ve been looking for details about Biden’s deal on the debt ceiling and I’m frankly astonished. The guy keeps getting more than I ever expected was actually possible. I don’t know how he does it.

https://twitter.com/ClistonBrown/status/1662864298211971073


Jon Cooper @joncoopertweets

I just came off a Zoom call with White House officials about the debt ceiling deal. I’m fully confident that key Democratic priorities have been protected — and to an even greater extent than I originally thought.

Thanks to President Biden’s leadership, this is yet another bipartisan win for our country.

https://twitter.com/joncoopertweets/status/1662979778016604160


Christopher Webb @cwebbonline

Show this to folks in the back who haven’t realized by now who we elected — President Biden is a negotiator. He gets s done.

Joe got the debt limit deal that he said he would and The United States will not default!

Watch: https://twitter.com/i/status/1662837048859041792

[Rick Plant]

President Biden @POTUS

Speaker McCarthy and I reached a bipartisan budget agreement that will prevent the worst possible crisis – a default for the first time in our nation’s history.
 
This deal is good news for the American people.

I strongly urge Congress to pass the agreement right away.



https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1662952595659390976


The Speaker and I made clear from the start that the only way forward is with a bipartisan agreement.

This agreement is an important step forward, and now it will go to the United States House and Senate.

Here’s my update:

Watch: https://twitter.com/i/status/1663003527172567042


Tune in as I deliver remarks on reaching a bipartisan budget agreement.

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[Rick Plant]

Here's another closer look at the historic Joe Biden presidency. 

253,000 new jobs were created in April.   

So we are now:

33.8 million jobs = 16 years Clinton, Obama
12.7 million jobs = 27 months Biden
1.9 million jobs = 16 years Bush, W. Bush, Trump

This simple statistic shows that Republicans are terrible at running the economy and job creation.

In 16 years in office, Republicans as a whole never even created 2 million jobs. That is absolute failure. Biden accomplished creating 2 million jobs in less than a half of year in office during a horrible pandemic.       





GDP growth under Biden running at 3 times the rate as under Trump




The 253,000 jobs created just in April is 2 years of job growth under the last 3 GOP Presidents. 2 years!

Jobs have been created at 50 times the rate under Biden as under the last 3 Republicans. Trump saw net job loss on his watch. Sad!




The 3.4% unemployment rate is the lowest in a peacetime US since WWII. A majority of Americans have never experienced an unemployment rate this low.

Biden is 3rd straight Democratic President to see substantial decline in the unemployment rate. 

It's gone up under last 3 Republicans.




Since 1989, 49 million net new jobs have been created in America.

47 million, 96%, have been created under Democratic Presidents. Essentially all of them.




Wages continue to grow at historically elevated levels. This has been particularly true of people who earn the least.




During the Biden Presidency America has seen the lowest uninsured and lowest poverty rates in our history. 




America is on track to produce more crude oil this year than any year in our history.   

Coupled with increases in renewables, America is more energy independent today than it has been in decades. 




OK, now let's talk about the deficit. 

The last 3 GOP Presidents saw the deficit rise on their watch. 

The last 3 Democrats lowered it. Trump had worst fiscal record since WWII. 




As the Republican manufactured default crisis has ended, here's a reminder of what this data shows:

Democrats = growth, lower deficits, progress
Republicans = recession, higher deficits, decline

McCarthy's MAGA plan would have brought recession, default or perhaps both. Recession and economic failure is what Republicans do.

Expert analysis proves it. We ALL should be glad McCarthy's failed MAGA plan did not go through, as President Biden rejected it for his plan, which will continue historic economic success. The MAGA plan would have destroyed President Biden's historic economy and job growth.   

LiveSquawk @LiveSquawk

Moody's: US GDP Growth Would Be 1.61% In 2024 Under GOP Debt Limit Plan Vs. 2.23% Otherwise
- Plan Would 'Meaningfully Increase' Likelihood Of Recession
- GOP-Proposed Spending Cuts Are 'Substantial Headwind' To Near Term Economic Growth
- Plan Would Cost 790K Jobs By End-2024

https://twitter.com/LiveSquawk/status/1654129344330215425

[Rick Plant]

President Biden @POTUS

On Memorial Day, we honor America's fallen heroes who gave their last full measure of devotion to this nation.

We'll never be able to repay the debt we owe them.

But today, we rededicate ourselves to the work for which they gave their lives, and we recommit to supporting the loved ones they left behind.

May God bless our fallen heroes.



https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1663272757470085146


Join me as I honor our fallen heroes at the 155th National Memorial Day Observance.


President Biden honors our fallen heroes at the 155th National Memorial Day Observance.

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Biden honors ‘fallen heroes’ during Memorial Day address

During a Memorial Day address at Arlington National Cemetery, President Biden honored the “fallen heroes” who have died while serving in the military.

[Rick Plant]

A Memorial Day message from a real President and then from a real lunatic.   

[Rick Plant]

2024 General Election Poll:

Clarity Poll

Biden 47% (+7)
DeSantis 40%


Biden’s Big Win in the Debt Limit Deal

Washington Post: "For Biden, one upside of the deal — assuming it passes — is that he will not have to deal with the debt ceiling again until after the next presidential campaign, because the agreement raises the debt ceiling until 2025. This was a top priority of the administration, which will be grateful to move past the messy fight over the debt limit that has provoked substantial criticism even among fellow Democrats.”

Dan Pfeiffer: “Let’s be clear, this is s***** public policy foisted on the nation by a radical Republican House willing to blow up the economy and cause millions of jobs to vanish. Efforts to deal with deficits that do not include asking the wealthy and corporations to pay what they owe are cruel and wholly unserious. The tightening of access to aid for the most vulnerable Americans serves no purpose other than performative cruelty to appease the MAGA base.”

“But this could have been way worse in so many ways. The devil is very much in the details, but it seems like President Biden and his team outplayed McCarthy."

https://politicalwire.com/2023/05/28/bidens-big-win-in-the-debt-limit-deal/


'You have no spine': Conservatives clobber Kevin McCarthy for cooperating with President Biden
https://www.rawstory.com/kevin-mccarthy-budget-deal/


Biden on debt limit bill: 'I feel very good about it'

President Biden spoke to reporters about the debt limit deal the White House reached with Speaker Kevin McCarthy and expressed confidence it could pass in Congress.

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[Rick Plant]

MAGA right wing extremists are going crazy because Kevin McCarthy and President Joe Biden made a deal from stopping a default. The whole purpose of having a functioning government is to have both sides working together to come to an agreement. These MAGA radicals are incapable of compromising or working with Democrats. MAGA is all about chaos and destruction and they simply wanted to blow up our economy to destroy the lives of Americans and our country. Now we have MAGA radicals publicly calling to oust McCarthy for making a deal to save our country. And don't forget Donald Trump was egging these radicals on to default.

When Joe Biden campaigned for president in 2020, he said constantly during the campaign that he would be able to work with Republicans to get legislation passed and bring people together. Once again, President Biden kept his promise as he was able to work with McCarthy on this bipartisan deal to keep America from defaulting on its debt. President Biden also said "we will not default" and he kept that promise too. That's what we need in a leader, a man who keeps his word and can get things accomplished.               


Conservative is ready to vote McCarthy out of speaker's chair over debt deal: report



Rep. Dan Bishop (R-NC) is ready to move Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) out of the Speaker's chair amid the debt deal made with President Joe Biden, Politico reporter Olivia Beavers revealed Tuesday.

It was something predicted by analysts who feared conservative members would try to sink the proposal and let the country ultimately default on its debts. If Biden and McCarthy agreed on something, conservatives would immediately be suspicious of it no matter what it was, they feared.

"That is not realistic with this speaker or with this House of Representatives," explained Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) last week. "If that would happen, they would certainly recall him, and they'd elect a new speaker, and McCarthy does not want to be the shortest-serving speaker in history."

Democratic strategist Kurt Bardella said that McCarthy would have to wrangle the far-right.

"You know, I think actually because of this deal coming right now, the expectation game has been well managed now because the ball's really in Kevin McCarthy's court now," said Bardella over the weekend.

"The pressure is on Kevin McCarthy to deliver the votes. If this thing falls apart now, it's going to be because of House Republicans — because of MAGA extremists — successfully holding McCarthy hostage once again, and that they are the ones who will get the blame. We will be done with this both sides narrative that each side has something to lose, that this could blow back on the president. No, no, no, no."

According to Rep. Bishop, “absolutely,” it is an option to remove McCarthy, he told Beavers. He went on to call it “inescapable," saying he thinks it must be "done" at this point. But he acknowledged it would depend on whether enough of his colleagues have the courage to move forward with it.

Thanks to the agreement made in January, it would only take one member of Congress to bring a "motion to vacate," which would force a vote on removing the speaker.

https://www.rawstory.com/republican-debt-ceiling-dan-bishop/



Far-right Utah Republican resigns from Congress



Rep. Chris Stewart (R-UT) was once thought to be the man that would oppose Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) from the right. On Tuesday, however, he announced he was resigning from office.

Republicans currently have 222 members in power in the House, and this resignation will reduce that to 221. It means Speaker Kevin McCarthy will need to be even more cautious as he looks for the numbers to pass bills.

According to The Salt Lake City Tribune, Stewart is leaving office due to a serious medical issue that his wife is facing. He hasn't elaborated on the details.

Evie Stewart was featured in a 2013 profile on the Congressman, who had just been elected for the first time. When asked about her husband's absence from home, she explained it was part of their belief system.

"Whenever we sacrifice for our God or our country, whether it's in the military or public service or sacrificing for our family, it binds our hearts to them, and then we love our God and our family and our country more," she said.

The Tribune explained that Gov. Spencer Cox (R) has seven days by law to set the dates for the primary and general election for the seat. It isn't expected to be a competitive district for Democrats, but the longer the absence, the greater the pressure on McCarthy.

"Under state law, those dates will be the same as this year’s municipal primary and general elections unless the Legislature appropriates money to hold an election on a different date," said the Tribune.

Those municipal elections fall on Aug. 15 and Nov. 7, respectively.

Stewart was a 2020 election truther, going so far as to suggest that Democrats somehow cheated in the Georgia runoff election.

https://www.rawstory.com/chris-stewart-resigning-congress/



Why Paul Gosar has become a 'sort of hero' to neo-Nazis and other extremists: report



In Arizona, far-right Rep. Paul Gosar is a polarizing figure even among fellow Republicans. Traditional McCain and Reagan conservatives have been highly critical of him, but MAGA Republicans who admire far-right figures like Kari Lake, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) and Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) tend to be Gosar admirers as well.

In an article published by Talking Points Memo on May 30, journalist Haley Orion stresses that Gosar is so far to the right that some white nationalists and Neo-Nazis look up to him.

Orion notes that in an earlier article, TPM reported that Wade Searle, Gosar's digital director, appeared to be "involved with an interlinked group of social media profiles that were deeply enmeshed with white nationalist Nicholas Fuentes' viciously antisemitic Groyper movement."

Orion explains, "While the revelations in the story were significant, they weren't necessarily surprising. The Groypers are deeply hateful and grotesque, but Gosar has never been shy in his flirtation with various factions of the fascist far-right, including the Groypers' leader, Fuentes. Or, as Gosar himself has bragged in the past: 'I’m considered the most dangerous man in Congress.' A large swath of the far-right has, in turn, taken notice, with Gosar becoming a sort of hero in some corners."

In 2021, Gosar set off a major controversy when he posted a video that depicted violence against Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York). Gosar's defenders claimed she was overreaching, but his critics responding that depicting violence against a member of Congress is never acceptable.

Orion stresses that Gosar isn't afraid to associate with extremists.

"Gosar has lent his support to a broad coalition of far-right bigots and Christian supremacists: from the s***posting Groyper neo-Nazis to the camo-clad LARPers and hate groups to the suit-wearing, ultranationalist political elites at home and abroad," Orion notes.

"He'll rile up the Arizona chapter of the Oath Keepers, telling them that the United States is already in a Civil War, 'we just haven't started shooting yet,' then repeat the same line in an interview with a well-documented neo-Nazi. He'll even associate with the conspiratorial, and often ridiculous, QAnon movement, tweeting out references to Q-drops — Gosar later said the tweet was sarcastic, though the tweet remains up to this day — and appearing at Q-friendly rallies."

https://www.rawstory.com/why-paul-gosar-has-become-a-sort-of-hero-to-neo-nazis-and-other-extremists-report-2660723181/