‘Walk of shame’: Rand Paul says Republicans using ‘same playbook’ as Democrats
Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul said Sunday on Fox News that the GOP is using the “same playbook” as Democrats in their efforts to not remove the debt ceiling from President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.”
Since the bill passed the House on Thursday, a group of GOP senators, including Paul, have spoken out about their concerns with the package. Fox host Shannon Bream asked the lawmaker on “Fox News Sunday” whether taking out the debt ceiling increase would give Democrats leverage to “drag out” the fight later on, compared to leaving it in while the GOP holds the majority.
“Well, they want to take it out of this bill because it is a walk of shame,” Paul said. “Every time the debt ceiling raises, the people who’ve been voting for the spending have to walk in shame to the front of the House or the front of the Senate and say, ‘Yes, I’ve been voting for all these deficits pending and now I’m willing to vote to raise the debt ceiling.'”