Fox News host Shannon Bream confronted Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) on Sunday over Republicans criticizing President Joe Biden’s budget proposal and not offering their counter.
“Biden says he’s going to reduce the deficit, shore up Medicare and Social Security, and make the rich pay their fair share. So, what is the GOP counter?” Bream asked in a clip by RawStory.
“The president’s budget took my breath away. His numbers are extraordinary. We’re going to run out of digits here,” Kennedy responded. “The president says the budget will solve our financial problems in Medicare and Social Security, that’s not true.”
“Anything seems possible when you don’t know what you’re talking about,” Kennedy continued. Citing a report from The Wall Street Journal, Kennedy said Biden’s budget would add “$11 trillion in a financial shortfall for Social Security and Medicare.”
“The only way I know how to improve the president’s budget is with a shredder,” Kennedy said.
“Well, we’re waiting to see what Republicans want to offer in return other than just criticism,” Bream said, pointing to a report from the New York Times that said far-right Republicans in the House are considering a plan to cut food assistance, housing aid, and health care for low-income Americans.
“Again, we’ve got to get to what the GOP counter is,” Bream said.
“Well, I’m gonna try to do what’s right for the American people. The media can do what it wants,” Kennedy responded. He did not give any specifics on what the GOP’s counter to Biden’s proposal would be.
President Joe Biden released his budget proposal on Thursday, vowing to cut the federal deficit by $3 trillion over the next decade, in part, by levying a 25% minimum tax on the wealthiest Americans, increasing taxes on oil and gas companies and increasing the corporate tax rate to 28% up from 21%, according to CNBC.
