AOC Says McCarthy Can 'Go Pound Sand' As House Speaker Calls For Budget Deal Renegotiation With Biden: 'Deal Is Done'

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has expressed his desire to meet with President Joe Biden to renegotiate a budget deal, as he seeks to satisfy House Republican hard-liners and prevent a government shutdown on Oct. 1.

What Happened: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) took to X (formerly Twitter), to express her disdain for McCarthy’s latest demand to meet Biden.

She reminded the House Speaker that his meeting with Biden had already taken place when they reached an agreement earlier this year to raise the debt ceiling.

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In her post, Ocasio-Cortez emphasized, “McCarthy already got his meeting w/ Biden and they struck a deal to keep gov open months ago. GOP held the entire US gov hostage in exchange for cuts & forced restart of student loan payments.”

“Deal is done. Biden held his end. Nothing to relitigate. McCarthy can go pound sand”

McCarthy already got his meeting w/ Biden and they struck a deal to keep gov open months ago. GOP held the entire US gov hostage in exchange for cuts & forced restart of student loan payments.

Deal is done. Biden held his end. Nothing to relitigate. McCarthy can go pound sand https://t.co/7DLaEVH3aS

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) September 27, 2023

Later in the day, AOC also ridiculed McCarthy by referencing the “boy math” meme that gained popularity on social media, following the earlier “girl math” meme from the summer.

"Boy math is needing 15 attempts to count the votes correctly to become Speaker and then shutting down the government 9 months later," she wrote.

Boy math is needing 15 attempts to count the votes correctly to become Speaker and then shutting down the government 9 months later

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) September 27, 2023

Why It Matters: Following two failed votes last week, House Republicans rallied on Tuesday to commence discussions on a suite of spending bills, hoping to muster enough support to prevent a government shutdown by the end of the week.

The rule was approved by a 216-212 vote, with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), being the lone Republican to vote against it.

The Senate also introduced its own continuing resolution, which does not include steep cuts the House GOP wants and does include roughly $6 billion for Ukraine that many Republicans oppose.

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