White House Blasts GOP Debt-Ceiling Proposal: ‘Blueprint to Devastate’ American Families

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks with reporters in the press briefing room at the White House in Washington, on April 18, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has issued a sharply critical statement on the Republican debt-ceiling proposal, calling it a “blueprint to devastate hard-working American families” and accusing the GOP of “holding the American economy hostage” in order to push for spending cuts.

Her statement, issued on Thursday, builds on a rebuke of the Republican plan by President Joe Biden on Wednesday, who called it a “MAGA economic agenda” to cut benefits for “folks they don’t seem to care much about.”