Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) warned Wednesday that a pending debt crisis promises to hold sweeping repercussions for citizens of every political stripe, pushing the public to embrace a proposed bipartisan solution.The Florida governor has long pushed for adding a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution as a solution to the $39 trillion national debt, which some pundits warn could trigger widespread economic fallout by 2028.DeSantis headed to Washington this week to address the issue amid growing speculation that he is building his national profile to run for president in 2028. The governor has stayed mum on a presidential bid thus far but has notably declined to rule it out.
Gathering a coalition
The Republican governor pressed for a balanced-budget amendment during an event at the American Enterprise Institute, describing it as the “best vehicle that has a chance of actually coming to fruition that would actually make a generational difference in the trajectory of this country’s finances.” DeSantis emphasized the debt crisis as a nonpartisan issue because the balanced-budget amendment will require significant Democratic support to push it across the finish line and be ratified.
“Until the last maybe 10 years, you know, both parties at least claim they were trying to do this,” he said of efforts to target the national debt. “It’s kind of fallen out of favor, really, on both sides in many respects, but we’re so divided politically as a country that you know we got to stress this is really not about Left, Right, Republican, Democrat.”
