Biden declares himself ‘blameless’ if US defaults on debt – claims Republicans will sabotage his re-election bid by crashing the economy

President Joe Biden on Sunday said he would consider using the 14th amendment to solve America’s debt limit but conceded it is probably too close to the June 1st default deadline to use it in this round. At a press conference in Hiroshima, he said: “I’m looking at the 14th Amendment as whether or not we have the authority. I think we have the authority. The question is could it be done and invoked in time that it would not be appealed and, as a consequence, pass the date in question and still default on the debt?” Biden said he would be open to exploring the option in the courts to see if they would rule it legal or not. The president had previously ruled out using the constitutional amendment – which some legal scholars argue has a clause that would make it unconstitutional for the U.S. to fail to make its debt payments – to raise the debt ceiling. Biden also accused Republicans of trying to tank the debt talks to hurt his re-election bid, conceded he may be able to stop them from…