‘I Cannot Save This Republic Alone’: GOP Rep Threatens to Martyr Herself and Resign Over Debt Legislation

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Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN) has had just about enough of Congress and its unwillingness to handle the increasing amount of debt, and now she’s threatening to throw herself on the sword and resign.

In a dramatic statement from her office on Capitol Hill, Spartz, currently serving her second term as a United States representative, has made clear her displeasure with how her fellow representatives, seemingly of both parties, are dealing with — or not dealing with — the mounting national debt. Spartz released the following statement entitled “Spartz Will Consider Resigning Congress if No Debt Commission Passed this Year”:

I’ve done many very difficult things being one woman standing many times with many very long hours and personal sacrifices, but there is a limitation to human capacity. If Congress does not pass a debt commission this year to move the needle on the crushing national debt and inflation, at least at the next debt ceiling increase at the end of 2024, I will not continue sacrificing my children for this circus with a complete absence of leadership, vision, and spine. I cannot save this Republic alone.

Over the weekend, the House passed a 45-day stopgap spending bill to keep the federal government open and funded, punting a long-term deal until late November. Spartz did not support the measure, and issued a statement expressing her lack of confidence in both parties as well as Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), whom she called “weak,” adding: “Our founding fathers would be rolling over in their graves to see how this institution is betraying our Republic for personal political ambitions and our children will be ashamed of another worthless Congress.”