U.S. Rep. Chip Roy says he’ll use debt ceiling threat to push through his border security plan

U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Austin. (Credit: Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune)

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Chip Roy said he will employ brinkmanship over the federal debt ceiling debate — threatening to allow the U.S. to default on its loans — to push through his border security plan that has been criticized by members of his own party for being too extreme.

“We’re going to have to use the debt ceiling and the spending fight in September to demand that [President Joe] Biden do the right thing,” Roy said Wednesday on Fox News.