Fox News host Chris Wallace
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Roy Dean Blunt Sunday shows preview: Democrats watch infrastructure bill approved; Health experts warn of fourth wave of coronavirus 2024 GOP White House candidates lead opposition to Biden Trump cabinet poll: Greitens lead Missouri GOP Senate primaries MORE (Mo) Sunday to defend the Republican Party on the issue of national debt.
On “Fox News Sunday,” Wallace showed graphs indicating that national debt grew by billions during the first President Trump
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“[H]haven’t you lost your credibility on this topic? Wallace asked.
“I don’t think anyone has a good record,” Blunt replied.
Blunt also said Congress met to pass “not one … but five” bills on the COVID-19 pandemic, which he said had a significant effect on debt.
The Obama and Trump administrations, he added, were “very similar” in terms of national debt.
Wallace’s statements responded to comments from some Senate Republicans, including the majority leader Mitch McConnell
Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnell White House: The Republican Party has “struggled to articulate a reason” to oppose the infrastructure plan The White House says the bills are bipartisan, even if the Republican Party doesn’t vote for them. (R-Ky.), Who have said Democrats will not be able to fund their $ 2.25 trillion infrastructure proposal and will instead be forced to add to the debt.
“It’s like a Trojan horse,” McConnell said Wednesday.
“It’s called infrastructure, but within the Trojan horse there will be more money borrowed and massive tax increases on all the productive parts of our economy.”