if you come together, then that kind of defeats, i don t know, the narrative or the ongoing battle, the war of words and so, look, mitch mcconnell, my understanding is, was talking to financial people who said, you know, don t spook the markets. if so, you ll be blamed for it. howie: you don t have to wait for the day of the default. he did blink after president biden called him out in a speech. it s striking to me, look at the stakes here. you spook the markets, you can lead to a government shutdown, could lead to a default all of which has real consequences, not just a game. plus, one of mitch mcconnell s top priorities right now is to do nothing to jeopardize the midterm elections. howie: yeah. you look at the democrats right now. they re struggling on a variety of fronts from the border, to afghanistan and inflation and so on. stay out of the way and see what the democrats do and by the midterms you may be rewarded. howie: here s another mitch mcconnell critic. take a look. m
mitch mcconnell, who had refused to provide any republican votes to lift the debt ceiling made a short-term deal. you think that s a game donald trump? you think that s a game, lindsey graham? what s wrong with you? it s a game? no, you re playing with people s lives. mitch mcconnell tonight, you need to stop being a swamp creature and if you want to be a conservative leader you need to start acting like one and if you can t do that, you really do need to step aside. howie: joining us now, michael bloomberg, fox s chief cash-mike emanuel. this began with a raw move from mitch mcconnell. he s getting it from sean hannity and liberal pundits. don t the media punish anybody who agree to the slightest compromise,. this is kind of the environment right now, you re either in one camp or the other.
not the right guy, he s not doing the job. he gave them a lifeline. howie: look, the media love republican in-fighting and love when donald trump goes after mitch mcconnell. they used to be allies. no love lost at this point in the relationship. not surprised to hear the former president s comments about mcconnell. mcconnell wants to make sure the people in the room with him, the republican senators are behind him. there are some hurt feelings. some thought this didn t work as well as they hoped. he s still the leader. if he wins back the majority in 2022 they ll be happier on capitol hill in terms of the republicans. howie: he s a leader of some republicans who don t want to play the debt ceiling game and trump is the leader of the entire party and has a different view. the democrats, let s take a look at video, it s really powerful. chuck schumer is giving a speech and joe manchin behind him, take a look, he s just beside himself, he later called schumer s remarks inappropriate.
biden s considerable woes. i think the media has been like a dog with a bone on that. it would be hard to see how they re ignoring all the things that have happened, afghanistan, the debt ceiling, you know, the hangup with his agenda. the other thing that mike pence said which i think is absolutely false is to say that by focusing on january 6th, the most violent insurrection against in capital in over 100 years, somehow is denigrating the 74 million people who voted for donald trump. that s completely false. howie: they had nothing to do with it. nor did anybody say they did. howie: except for a few radicals make. thank you for joining us. up next, as congress kicks the can on the debt ceiling crisis, conservative and liberal pundits are pounding on mitch mcconnell. more in a moment.