There are extremists on both sides of the aisle. And I had people urging me to vote no on the deal. And I said, under no circumstances am I voting no on that. Because If we default on the national debt, that means the American full faith and credit is no longer good in the world. And that means, you know, the one rock solid foundation of the world economy is that America pays its bills and the American dollar can be trusted. (07:12–07:20)
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Asserts that defaulting on the national debt would harm the U.S.'s creditworthiness globally.
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