Republican presidential candidate and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis criticized both Congressional Democrats and Republicans for the $32 trillion national debt at a summit on Friday.
“I’m not going to let Congress spend any more time driving this country into oblivion.” DeSantis said At the Concerned Women for America Summit in Washington, DC
“And let me be clear: We didn’t go into $32 trillion in debt because of one political party. It’s the Republicans and Democrats in Washington, D.C., who bankrupted this country,” he said. continued.
Mr. DeSantis recently accused both parties of increasing the national debt and singled out his opponent, former President Trump. CBS News interview He was released on Wednesday for contributing to the debt while commander in chief. The national debt increased by $7.4 trillion over the course of the Trump administration, from $19.5 trillion to $26.9 trillion. According to the Bipartisan Policy Center.
“Donald Trump added about $8 trillion to the debt in four years. He ran saying he was going to eliminate the national debt,” DeSantis said. during the interview. “He did make that promise, but they did the opposite.”
The Florida governor was also an outspoken critic of the bipartisan debt ceiling deal that President Biden signed in June, saying the U.S. is still “heading toward bankruptcy.”
“In Washington, D.C., they go through these cycles just to get the next election passed. And that’s ultimately one of the reasons they keep failing,” DeSantis said at the time.
Republican presidential candidate and former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley made similar remarks during the first Republican primary debate last month, blaming “us Republicans” for the nation’s debt.
“No one is telling the American people the truth. The truth is that Biden did not do this to us,” Haley said. “Our Republicans did the same thing to us. When they passed the $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief bill, they said 90 million people would receive Medicaid and 42 million people would receive food stamps. No one told me how to fix it.”
Haley blasted Republican candidates, including former President Trump, former Vice President Mike Pence, Sen. Tim Scott (R.S.), and even DeSantis himself.
“We have Ron DeSantis, we have Tim Scott, we have Mike Pence. They all voted to raise the debt. And Donald Trump added $8 trillion to our debt. We ‘s children will never tolerate this,” Haley said.
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