The debt ceiling deadline is barely more than a week away, but Republicans aren't sweating it.
Despite repeated warnings from experts and Democrats that a breach of the debt ceiling could have potentially catastrophic economic consequences, the right is increasingly coming to believe that debt ceiling alarmism is little more than "scare-mongering" on the part of the White House and its allies, and that the U.S. could blow through the Oct. 17 deadline with only minor inconvenience. They're wrong on both counts — but if the debt ceiling isn't raised, and the U.S. does default, Republicans being proven incorrect will be little consolation to a likely devastated global economy.
With that cheery picture in mind, here are 13 of the more head-slapping examples of debt ceiling trutherism from GOP officials. As Paul Krugman recently put it, "God help us all."
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