Rep. Ralph Norman: McCarthy ‘double crossed’ Freedom Caucus, pulled ‘bait and switch’ with debt ceiling deal

South Carolina Congressman Ralph Norman calls House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s debt ceiling deal struck over the long weekend with President Joe Biden “an insult to the American people.” The key member of the House Freedom Caucus comments, “The bottom line, think about the timing, Memorial Day weekend, people are celebrating with families they are, remember those who gave their lives for this great country. And for us to have a hurried up conference call, and not even have the text, is an insult to the country, and it's an insult to the American people. “The fact that [McCarthy] negotiated this, we weren’t brought in, we had the bill that 218 Republicans voted for, not one single Democrat, and those were the guardrails that Kevin was to go with, and at the end of the day, he came out with nothing.” Saying, “the big disconnect with me is when [McCarthy] gives this administration, that has quickly proven to be a corrupt compromised administration, the keys to the vault of this great country until January 25th, to raise it at any level. That’s not only giving him more credits cards, you’re saying you can run the debt up to whatever you want, that alone should kill this bill.”