Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has condemned Republicans' brinkmanship with the quickly approaching debt limit after GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz, Fla., openly admitted on Tuesday that his party is approaching the issue as a "hostage" negotiation.
Political commentators and lawmakers have long observed that the Republican Party's strategy toward the debt ceiling — of demanding that Democrats make huge cuts to social programs or else risk certain economic disaster — is a hostage situation that could result in economic ruin.
