The Bulwark's Charlie Sykes wants to make sure you know that the GOP's debt ceiling vote is as bad for democracy as January 6

Sarah D | 10:49 AM on October 05, 2021

The Bulwark’s Charlie Sykes never ceases to impress us with his wrongness and steaming-hot takes.

The dude just promotes some really weird stuff. Like, say, Evan McMullin.

And a Bulwark piece on “the Debt-Ceiling Showdown” by R. Marshall Brandt:

"All 50 Republicans in the Senate voted not to raise the debt ceiling and therefore willfully default on America’s debt. That vote was just as antithetical to a functioning democracy as was the votes to decertify the election results on January 6."https://t.co/yXjQXPGkCv

— Charlie Sykes (@SykesCharlie) October 5, 2021

OK, Charlie.

And when people like Jennifer "The $3.5T bill costs nothing," Bendery says you can't compare it to 2006 because then-leader Frist allowed for a simple majority vote at Democrats' request. There's a significant difference. Republicans weren't jamming through their entire agenda

— Jay Caruso (@JayCaruso) October 5, 2021

using reconciliation. McConnell is saying, "You want to use reconciliation to spend $5 trillion on top of $2 trillion, then you can use reconciliation to raise the debt limit."

— Jay Caruso (@JayCaruso) October 5, 2021

FTR, I am getting the $5 trillion figure from here. The $3.5T number is using a bunch of gimmicks to keep it that low.

"Low." https://t.co/bsDDfoMMTo

— Jay Caruso (@JayCaruso) October 5, 2021

Charlie does love a good gimmick!

The Democrats need ZERO GOP votes to raise the debt ceiling and Democrats like Sykes are trying to pin this on Republicans. https://t.co/xlxpMHWUVN

— Fusilli Spock (@awstar11) October 5, 2021

The Democrats have the tie-breaker in VP Harris. They are the ones not raising the debt ceiling.

Don't listen to liars like Charlie here. https://t.co/d70Bd88mIt

— #JohnMcAfeeDidntKillHimself (@Crapplefratz) October 5, 2021

That’s actually good advice when it comes to a number of issues that matter.

This bill is a lot like the impeachment attempts.

It's got a dozen different reasons why this is the most important thing we have to do in the history of all time, but no two people can ever be consistent on what those are.

— mitrebox (@mitrebox) October 5, 2021

Charlie Sykes is a lot like the impeachment attempts, too: ultimately pointless.

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