According to the White House, Republicans’ debt limit proposal could cause major medical harm to children and adults.
During a press briefing on Friday, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that the debt limit proposal unveiled by Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy would “give asthma to our children” and “make it easier for oil companies to use toxic chemicals that cause severe burns, damage people’s eyes, and quite literally melt bones” — among other things.
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Jean-Pierre began by praising President Joe Biden’s executive order meant to “advance environmental justice for all,” but her briefing took a quick and dramatic turn.
After briefly mentionin …