CNBC anchor Joe Kernen was fed up with Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse’s (D-RI) attempts to shift blame for the ongoing debt ceiling debacle in Congress.

Whitehouse tried to put the onus on House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) despite congressional Republicans’ passage of a $1.5 trillion debt ceiling increase coupled with $131 billion in spending cuts.

Whitehouse — who erroneously dubbed the bill a piece of “MAGA” legislation in a recent press release — accused McCarthy of “trying to avoid blame and responsibility but he is the only person in that meeting who is insisting that default remain a threat on the table.”

Kernen wasn’t buying any of it during the May 11 edition of Squawk Box: “[W]e kind of get tired of all the talking points.”

[I said “attempts to school” because when anyone is a truly obtuse as Whitehouse, it’s a wasted educational effort. The only upside is interrupting the propaganda flow. ~ Beege]