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>> Sean: AFTER GHOSTING,
IGNORING SPEAKER McCARTHY FOR
NEARLY 100 DAYS, BIDEN FINALLY
GAVE IN AND MET WITH McCARTHY
ABOUT THE DEBT CEILING.
NO IN JUST 22 DAYS, AMERICA WILL
DEFAULT ON ITS DEBT UNLESS THE.
AND REACH AN AGREEMENT.
BUT JOE IS STILL REFUSING TO
NEGOTIATE.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> 97 DAYS AGO, I WAS RIGHT HERE
AFTER MEETING WITH THE
PRESIDENT.
FEBRUARY 1st, CAME DOWN TO SEE
HIM SAYING LET’S WORK TOGETHER
AND RESPONSIBLE SENSIBLE WAY
THAT WE CAN LIFT THE DEBT
CEILING AND FIND A WAY THAT WE
CAN CURVE THIS INCREASING DEBT
THAT IS AFFECTING EVERY AMERICAN
FAMILY, INFLATION.
NOTHING HAS CHANGED SINCE THEN.
THE ONLY THING THAT HAS CHANGED
IS THE HOUSE HAS RAISED THE DEBT
CEILING AND PASSED THE BILL.
THAT IS WHY WE HAD A MEETING
TODAY.
EVERYBODY IN THIS MEETING
REITERATED THEIR POSITIONS THEY
WERE AT.
I DID NOT SEE ANY NEW MOVEMENT.
I DON’T WANT TO PLAY POLITICS
WITH THIS.
I THINK THIS IS TOO IMPORTANT.
THAT IS WHY THREE MONTHS AGO, I
CAME TO THE PRESIDENT.
CAN WEFIND A WAY?
I KNOW WE ARE BOTH GOING TO HAVE
TO GIVE AND TAKE.
THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH.
SO LET’S SIT DOWN TOGETHER, FIND
PLACES WE CAN AGREE UPON AND GET
THIS DONE.
>> Sean: THE SPEAKER IS RIGHT TO
BIDEN SURPRISE, HOUSE
REPUBLICANS DID PASS A BILL THAT
BOTH RAISES THE DEBT CEILING AND
CUT SPENDING.
NOW BIDEN CAN JUST SIGN THE BILL
OR HE WILL NEED TO NEGOTIATE AND
FIND A RESOLUTION AND ACCORDING
TO JOE BIDEN, FROM 2011, HE SAYS
THAT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
BUT REMEMBER, FROM THE
BEGINNING, HE SAID, NOW
NEGOTIATING.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> President Biden: HOW DO YOU
EXPLAIN THE FACT THAT GROWN MEN
AND WOMEN ARE UNWILLING TO BUDGE
UP UNTIL NOW AND STILL SOME ARE
STILL UNWILLING TO BUDGE BY
TAKING ABSOLUTE POSITION, BY THE
WAY OR NO WAY?
I PREDICT TO YOU THAT A LOT OF
THOSE NEW MEMBERS WHO CAME HERE
WITH MY WAY OR THE HIGHWAY, THEY
WILL EITHER BE ON THE HIGHWAY OR
THEY WILL LEARN THAT THEY HAVE
TO HAVE A COMPROMISE.
>> Sean: THAT WAS BIDEN THEN.
AND THIS IS BIDEN NOW, NOW HE IS
MY WAY OR THE HIGHWAY.
TAKE A LOOK.
I HAVE SAID ALL ALONG, WE WILL
DISCUSS WHAT WE NEED TO CUT,
WHAT WE NEED TO PROTECT, WHAT
NEW REVENUE WE CAN RAISE AND HOW
TO LOWER THE DEFICIT TO PUT OUR
FISCAL HOUSE IN ORDER.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, IN THE
MEANTIME, WE NEED TO TAKE THE
THREAT OF THE SALT OFF THE TABLE
TABLE.
-- DEFAULT OFF THE TABLE.
YOU DID NOT LISTEN EITHER, SO
WHY SHOULD I ANSWER THE
QUESTION?
I WOULD CUT THE DEFICIT BY $160 BILLION.
$160 BILLION.
BILLION DOLLARS ON THE MEDICARE
DEAL.
>> Sean: UNFORTUNATELY BIDEN AND
HIS FRIENDS WANT A FREE PASS.
SAID REPUBLICANS ARE STANDING
FIRM AT LEAST 43% OF THEM HAVE
SIGNED ONTO A LETTER REFUSING TO
VOTE FOR A DEBT CEILING INCREASE
WITHOUT SERIOUS PLANNING AND
BUDGET REFORM.
NEXT GUEST ALSO SAYS HE WOULD
NOT SUPPORT THE SO-CALLED CLEAN
DEBT CEILING INCREASE UNLESS IT
HAS FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY
MEASURES.
LOUISIANA SENATOR JOHN KENNEDY
IS WITH US RIGHT NOW.
SO WE HAVE 97 DAYS TO MEET WITH
McCARTHY.
97 DAYS TO NEGOTIATE.
PIJNAKER THE HOUSE RAISES THE
DEBT CEILING.
A RETURN EXPANDING TO 2022
LEVELS.
THEY REDUCE BASELINE BUDGETING
TO ONLY A 1% INCREASE ANNUALLY
TO KEEP THE BUDGET IN LINE.
THEY ALSO HAVE PROVISIONS IN
THE, FOR EXAMPLE FOR ENERGY TO
ME IT IS A GREAT DEAL.
YOU WOULD BE THE 44th THE
SENATOR THAT WILL NOT GO ALONG
WITH -- IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS THAT
A BILL OR NO BILL BECAUSE I
DON’T THINK KEVIN McCARTHY IS
GOING TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE HIS
CAUCUS.
>> WELL, THERE’S ONLY ONE PLAN
ON THE TABLE.
AND.
AND THAT IS SPEAKER McCARTHY’S
MAJORITY LEADER SCALISE.
SEAN, I CONFESS.
I DON’T UNDERSTAND PRESIDENT
BIDEN.
[CHUCKLES]
THAT IS ONE OF THE GREATEST
MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE.
IF YOU COULD, I WOULD BE
LISTENING FOR HOURS.
>> WELL, THERE ARE TIMES THAT I
THINK PRESIDENT BIDEN IS BEING
ADVISED BY THE MARKETING TEAM AT
BUDWEISER.
>> Sean: [LAUGHS]
HIS POLL NUMBERS ARE ON A
JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE
EARTH.
AND IT IS NO MYSTERY.
BECAUSE OF THE PRESIDENT’S
POLICIES.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
FEEL QUEUED UP, SPIT OUT AND
STEPPED ON.
AND INFLATION, CRIME, THE
BORDER, AFGHANISTAN, THE
FORFEITURE OF AMERICA’S ENERGY
INDEPENDENCE BECAUSE OF HIS
COVERT POLICIES.
OUR KIDS HAVE EXPERIENCED
LARGEST LITURGY -- LEARNING LOSS
IN MODERN HISTORY.
I MEAN, HOW MANY ROADS MUST A
MAN WALK DOWN UNTIL HE KNOWS HE
HAS LOST?
NOW, SPEAKER McCARTHY HAS
GIVEN THE PRESIDENT AN
EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITY TO
DEMONSTRATE LEADERSHIP.
AND IF THE PRESIDENT DOES NOT
TAKE IT AND HE CAUSES AMERICA TO
DEFAULT ON ITS DEBT, THE
PRESIDENT IS A SMOKED TURKEY.
AND I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY HE
DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THAT.
TODAY, THEY MET FINALLY.
AND WHAT DID THE PRESIDENT DO?
HE SAID, WELL, I’M GOING TO TURN
IT OVER TO MY STAFF.
I DON’T LIKE YOUR BILL.
I’M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MY
STAFF AND WE MAY MEET AGAIN.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
I MEAN, FAIR OR NOT, ACCORDING
TO THE POLLS, MOST AMERICANS THINK THE PRESIDENT IS OVER THAN
THINK THE PRESIDENT IS OVER THAN THE AND ON DARK MIGRANTS
-- AND RTAG MAT RETURNS -- ANNE
BRAUN DEQUE MOUNTAINS.
WE’RE GOING TO MEET FOUR HOURS
TOMORROW.
UNTIL WE HAMMER OUT AN AGREEMENT
THAT RAISES THE DEBT CEILING AND
REDUCES THE RATE OF GROWTH OF
SPENDING AND DEBT CALCULATION TO
GET INFLATION UNDER CONTROL.
AND DEMONSTRATE LEADERSHIP.
>> Sean: DO YOU BELIEVE THAT
MITCH McCONNELL WILL STAND
STRONG WITH THE 43 OTHER
REPUBLICAN SENATORS AND I THINK
JOE MANCHIN IS ON BOARD WITH
THIS AS WELL.
WILL HE STAY FIRM IN INSISTING
ON THE TYPE OF PHYSICAL
RESTRAINTS THAT THE HOUSE BILL
PUT IN PLACE?
>> YOU WILL HAVE TO ASK MITCH THAT QUESTION, SEAN.
THAT QUESTION, SEAN.
I JUST KNOW THAT WE ARE TRADING
IN OUR FUTURE FOR TODAY.
WITH ALL OF THIS SPENDING.
THIS SPENDING AND DEBT
CALCULATION IS THE UNDERLYING
REASON WE HAVE INFLATION.
AND KNOW WHAT, I DON’T WANT TO
DEFAULT ON AMERICA’S DEBT.
BUT THIS IS AN EXTRAORDINARY
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SOLVE TWO
PROBLEMS AT ONCE AND I JUST
DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY PRESIDENT
BIDEN WILL NOT SEE IT LIKE THAT
BECAUSE IF -- RIGHT NOW,
McCARTHY’S PLAN IS THE ONLY
PLAN ON THE TABLE AND IF THE
PRESIDENT REJECTS IT, AND CAUSES
AMERICA TO DEFAULT ON ITS DEBT,
HE IS A SMOKED TURKEY, AND
AMERICA IS HER BADLY.
>> Sean: THE ONLY ONE PERSON AND
THAT IS JOE BIDEN.
HE WAS BETTING THE LAST 97 DAYS
THAT REPUBLICANS WITH THE SMALL
MAJORITY WOULD NOT PASS A BILL.
WELL, THEY DID AND NOW HE HAS TO
DEAL WITH IT AND THANKFULLY, AND
I WILL SAY THIS TO YOU AND YOUR
43 OTHER COLLEAGUES, YOU ARE
HOLDING FIRM IN THE SENATE.
THAT WILL ENABLE WHAT IS A
FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE BILL TO BE
PASSED.
ONE THAT ALSO RAISES THE DEBT
CEILING SO THE COUNTRY DOES NOT
DEFAULT.
>> WELL, I’M VERY PROUD OF
SPEAKER McCARTHY.
I LIKE THE BILL.
AND I’M HOPING.
I SHOULD NOT SAY THAT.
I’M HOPING --
>> Sean: NOW, SAY IT.
>> I’M HOPING THAT THE PRESIDENT
WILL AGREE THAT IT IS SOMETHING
WORTH PURSUING.
LET ME BE POLITE AND END THIS
WITH POLITENESS.
>> Sean: I WISH I DID NOT STOP
YOU.
WHATEVER YOU WANT TO SAY
SOMETHING, LET IT OUT.
>> EVERYBODY NEEDS TO TAKE THEIR
MEDS AND ACT LIKE AN ADULT FOR A
CHANGE.
>> Sean: WE TALK ABOUT
WASHINGTON.
I DON’T KNOW IF THAT IS
POSSIBLE.
I DON’T KNOW IF THERE’S ENOUGH