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White House ‘strongly disagrees’ with US credit downgrade, blaming Republicans

By Haisten Willis
Published August 1, 2023 11:09pm ET
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White House ‘strongly disagrees’ with US credit downgrade, blaming Republicans
The White House disagrees that the United States deserved a credit downgrade — and says Republicans are to blame. Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre released a statement shortly after news broke that Fitch Ratings downgraded the U.S. credit rating. The announcement follows a series of partisan debt standoffs on Capitol Hill. BIDEN ADMINISTRATION INCANDESCENT LIGHTBULB BAN […]


The White House disagrees that the United States deserved a credit downgrade — and says Republicans are to blame.

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