McConnell has declared that Senate Republicans will not vote to increase the Treasury's authority to continue borrowing, which is the same as voting to allow a default. As he has done before, McConnell has essentially created a new rule out of whole cloth to justify his actions.
"Let me make it perfectly clear: The country must never default," the GOP leader said last week. "The debt ceiling will need to be raised. But who does that depends on [which party's lawmakers] the American people elect."
The Post's report added, "Because Democrats control the White House and both branches of Congress, his argument goes, they alone are responsible for safeguarding the government's creditworthiness and preventing a potential economic calamity. No such rule exists, nor has it ever."