House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., hit back at President Biden Thursday over a report claiming he has grown tired of “GOP obstructionism,” alleging Biden is the one who refuses to work with Republican lawmakers.
“I’ve only seen the president a couple of times,” McCarthy told “America’s Newsroom.” He’s never called to ask. I’ve reached out numerous times. Do you know when he decided to pull out of Afghanistan I called the basic public switchboard to ask to talk to the president? The White House then called to wonder was it really me calling. That was the one time the president actually took my call.”
“If he’s going to stop working with us, it’s no different than what he’s done the entire time as president.”
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A recent Politico piece reported Biden is “finally” rethinking efforts to reach across the aisle and work with Republican lawmakers because of their “obstructionism.”
On Sunday, Politico’s John Lemire began his piece declaring, “The fever didn’t break. And for the Biden White House, efforts at bipartisanship have finally taken a backseat.”
McCarthy argued he’d “love” to work with Biden because Republicans want “the best for this country” and urged the president to meet with him on the border crisis and lifting Title 42.
“I’ve been there numerous times to tell him what’s going on,” he said. “If he doesn’t want to go there, I want to bring members down who have been there to tell them what effects would happen if he lifted Title 42. He doesn’t want to have that meeting. We talked about baby formula. We wanted to get ahead of this. We warned him months ago. We sent him letters that this was a problem that he ignored.”
Biden’s approval rating remains underwater and more than 80% of registered voters say the U.S. is on the wrong track, according to a Thursday poll from Monmouth University.
The poll found that Biden’s approval rating is sitting at 38%, with 57% disapproval. Those numbers are down from March when Biden had a 39% approval and 54% disapproval. Monmouth also found that just 18% of Americans say the country is on the right track.
This is an excerpt from Fox News.
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