'Wow, he's worried': At Virginia gubernatorial debate, Terry McAuliffe says $3.5 trillion in Joe Biden's spending bill is 'too high'

Sarah D | 10:26 AM on September 29, 2021

Democrats who are willing to publicly cast doubt on the fiscal soundness of Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion Build Back Better spending bill are in short supply, but they’re there.

There are Democratic Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, of course. But there’s someone else, too. And he’s running for Governor of Virginia.

That’s right. Terry McAuliffe says the proposed amount of spending is too damn high:

McAuliffe says he thinks the $3.5 trillion price tag for the spending bill is "too high" #VAGov

— Julia Manchester (@JuliaManch) September 28, 2021

McAuliffe says $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill is "too high"

— John McCormack (@McCormackJohn) September 28, 2021

McAuliffe was asked about the bill’s price tag in a gubernatorial debate against Republican nominee Glenn Youngkin, a first-time candidate and former co-CEO of the Carlyle Group private equity firm.

“I think the three-point-five's too high. Sure."https://t.co/BoAPobiIeL

— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) September 29, 2021

Terry McAuliffe is wrong about, well, basically everything. But dammit if he’s not right about this.

When you've lost Terry McAuliffe… https://t.co/RjHgNtJn5k

— Rob Bluey (@RobertBluey) September 29, 2021

You love to see it.

Ruh roh Rorge https://t.co/cvGtChcWNS

— Nathan Wurtzel (@NathanWurtzel) September 29, 2021

If you were wondering where the polling is https://t.co/IvGkuP58AR

— Alex deGrasse (@Degrasse81) September 28, 2021

The final bill won't be $3.5 trillion — Pelosi has already said as much — but McAuliffe's comments here should be read as an indicator of how this number is playing in a closely contested state https://t.co/i7Vw2J0FhM

— Blake Hounshell (@blakehounshell) September 29, 2021

Funny what happens when you actually have to run in an election vs. the propaganda internals being teed up for Ron Klain’s Twitter https://t.co/ElAbJO1qSj

— Patrick Ruffini (@PatrickRuffini) September 29, 2021