combination of job killing tax hikes and woke fascism that will destroy our nation. and to think that we had 11 republicans go along with an ext extension. headed up by mitch mcconnell. can you believe that? mitch mcconnell. he s talking about the debt limit there. joining me now is scott jennings, cnn commentator and former special assistance to george w. bush. nice to see you. the debt limit discussion aside, i don t want to talk about the policy of that, but what we have here is a contest between trump and mcconnell that has been fears in the making. you say they have fundamentally different aims. yeah. mcconnell s aims are simple. it is to regain control of the senate and do whatever he has to do to stifle the democratic agenda until republicans are
headed up by mitch mcconnell. can you believe that? mitch mcconnell. so you re hearing him slam not only mcconnell but the 11 republicans that voted to advance this bill that would suspend the debt ceiling until december. he s not the only republican leader to have criticized mcconnell. some conservatives in the senate also criticized mcconnell for blinking that includes lindsey graham, rand paul, ted cruz. they were really disappointed that mcconnell decided after weeks of saying he wasn t going to help democrat with the debt ceiling, that he would help and blinked and reached an agreement with schumer. the bottom line, lots of party infighting in the republican party this weekend. boris and laura? never a boring day. thank you, daniella. shifting now to the covid pandemic. younger children may soon be eligible for the covid-19 vaccine. on thursday, pfizer officially applied for emergency use
this bill is a sinister combination of job killing tax hikes and woke fascism that will destroy our nation and to think that we had 11 republicans go along with an extension. headed up by mitch mcconnell. can you believe. mitch mcconnell? not only are republicans having some infighting about what happened with the debt ceiling but democrats are squabbling because they cannot reach an agreement for a price tag for this economic bill that they re debating. bottom line here is, lots of squabbles and tension here on capitol hill. boris and laura? there s always plenty of tension on capitol hill. thank you for staying on top of it for us. president biden faces the challenge of trying to unite his party around his sweeping economic agenda but his poll
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