'Give me a break': Democrat slams McCarthy’s 'adult in the room' claim

During Sunday's episode of MSNBC's The Katie Phang Show, United States Representative Becca Balint (D-Vermont) criticized House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's claim that by managing to keep the government open — in opposition to hard-right House Republicans — he was being the "adult in the room."

A looming government shutdown was averted Saturday, September 30 after the United States Senate passed a temporary funding bill signed by President Biden, which is set to run out on November 17 — giving the lawmakers 45 days to reach a consensus.

Ahead of the House vote on the bill, McCarthy told his GOP colleagues, "We're going to do our job. We're going to be adults in the room. And we're going to keep government open."

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Phang asked Balint, "What is your optimism in terms of being able to productively get something done within those 45 days? I mean, we're going to be kissing Thanksgiving — the eve of Thanksgiving by the time that 45 days is up."

Balint replied, "Yes, that is absolutely concerning. But I just want to go back to mccarthy is saying he's going to be the adult in the room. Give me a break. This is a man who gave away the store. Who made a promise after promise after promise to the extremists. He set up this dynamic. And so for him to come out and say he is going to be the adult in the room is rich, when he's got [U.S. Rep.] Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and [U.S. Rep.] Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and others leading him by the nose. And so it is crucially important that the folks who truly ran to govern stand up and band together. That is the only way to get to these appropriations bills through."

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