force kevin mccarthy to compromise. and what we discovered in this negotiation, and what all the republicans discovered through marjorie taylor greene, is that republicans are afraid of defaulting on the debt, which is very rational. we did not know that until the end of these negotiations. and that is why joe biden was able to get such a favorable agreement, because kevin mccarthy knew that in the and he could not allow a default on the debt. and even marjorie taylor greene knew that. so, this claim that they had taken the debt hostage, kevin mccarthy knew was never true. because he couldn't keep that hostage. he was going to have to make sure there was a deal on the debt ceiling. joe biden took advantage of the republicans very rational fear of defaulting on the debt to come to an agreement with kevin