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James Carville: “I don't know of a single Democrat that said that it is no big deal if we don't raise the debt ceiling.”

On the recordJuly 13, 2011
I don't know of a single Democrat that said that it is no big deal if we don't raise the debt ceiling.
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James Carville
Democratic · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

Carville refutes the claim that Democrats are unconcerned about the debt ceiling issue.

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