[sickoflibs]

RE :”The first is that Congress's failure to raise the debt ceiling—the amount of money the federal government is authorized to borrow at any given time—will cause a default on the national debt. “

You have to listen to them carefully, they make it sound like that but the typically say “The House GOP is willing to let us default on or ‘obligations’”

But what are those ‘obligations’ ??

those are spending bills passed into law by congress and signed by POTUS, some by the current congress CR, others by past congresses.

But people hear ‘obligations’=’national debt interest payments’

That's how Dems fight and win,.

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

sickoflibs “..those are spending bills passed into law by congress and signed by POTUS, some by the current congress CR, others by past congresses.
But people hear ‘obligations’=’national debt interest payments’ “

The POTUS controls the language through the TV media ( official white hut spokespersons).
Change the language and control the issue !