Democrats bash Cantor over debt talks

Eric Cantor has a unique way of talking to people in a very condescending way in my opinion. I think that Cantor should have been dealt with a long time ago. He has been allowed to talk to people, especially the President, very disrespectfully. I am glad that the Democrats are finally standing up to him.

Congressional Democrats took aim Thursday at conservative Republicans who oppose raising the federal debt ceiling, with Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) charging that a top GOP negotiator, Rep. Eric Cantor (Va.), “shouldn’t even be at the table” in crucial White House talks on the issue.

In a hard-hitting floor speech Thursday morning, Reid urged the “irresponsible voices in the Republican Party” to end what he called their denial about the impact of a U.S. default on its obligations and listen to business community leaders, bankers, investors, economists, credit rating agencies and “reasonable” members of their own party. He singled out Cantor, the House majority leader and one of four GOP negotiators in stalled debt-reduction talks with President Obama, for special criticism, saying that his opposition to a deal to raise the federal borrowing limit has put him at odds with House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).

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