House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) claimed that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is having an outsize influence over President Joe Biden during debt ceiling negotiations.

The house speaker doubled down on comments he made yesterday when he alleged that Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) had a "real effect" on Biden in debt ceiling negotiations. In an appearance on Fox News's Sunday Morning Futures, McCarthy pointed to a press conference from Sanders as the definitive moment when negotiations on the debt ceiling reversed.

BIDEN TARGETS TAXES IN DEBT CEILING TALKS: ‘REVENUE IS NOT OFF THE TABLE'

"He really wags the dog," McCarthy answered when asked if Sanders was the one leading the shift in the White House's debt ceiling negotiations. "I mean, when Bernie Sanders or AOC says something, the White House shifts the other way."

The press conference that McCarthy believed shifted Biden's willingness to negotiate was a Friday press conference of Democratic Senators led by Sanders, during which he said that accepting Republican demands to make spending cuts would cause "incalculable harm."

"Yesterday, Senators stood together to urge President Biden not to cave to Republican demands to make cuts that would cause incalculable harm to the American people. Instead, we believe he should prepare to use the 14th Amendment," Sanders said.

The house speaker repeated his sentiment at the Capitol on Sunday while speaking with reporters.

"The president keeps changing positions; every time Bernie Sanders has a press conference, he gets reactive, and he shifts," McCarthy said.

"He's got to get away from the socialist wing of the Democratic party and represent America; that means both sides have to have compromise," he added.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER

The California Republican also expressed wider frustrations with negotiations, saying that the president's constant shifting was harming negotiations.

"Waiting those 97 days and now changing positions every day, that's not productive," he said.