House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Thursday he would bring “soft food” for President Biden to eat during debt ceiling negotiations in a dig at the oldest-ever president’s age.
“We have asked to sit down with the president for months. He is making the decision that he wants to put the economy in jeopardy,” McCarthy (R-Calif.) said during a Capitol press conference.
“I don’t know what more I can do,” he added. “I would bring the lunch to the White House. I would make it soft food if that’s what he wants. It doesn’t matter.”
Biden and McCarthy met at the White House on Feb. 1, but the president on Tuesday shot down the GOP speaker’s request for another talk, writing that “seeing your full set of proposals would be useful before we meet.”
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre responded to McCarthy’s jab Thursday afternoon, telling reporters: “I think the president is able to pick out his own Starbucks … what we really need from Speaker McCarthy and House Republicans is to see their budget.”
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