‘There’s So Much In This That’s Positive’: McCarthy Defends Debt Ceiling Deal Amid GOP Backlash

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) speaks to the press after meeting President Joe Biden and other leaders at the White House in Washington on May 16, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) defended his tentative debt ceiling agreement with President Joe Biden amid backlash from his party.

“There’s so much in this that’s positive,” McCarthy said during a May 28 appearance on Fox News Sunday.