Joe Biden’s sudden turn toward division and angst could not have arrived at a worse time for our nation, as fears of political bloodshed remain high, and as threats to the sanctity of our union continue to grow.
Now, days after being widely criticized for his outlandish and tyrannical Thursday night speech, President Biden is again taking aim at the MAGA Movement – this time with a strange new colloquial nickname.
President Joe Biden continued to add texture Monday to a recent string of criticisms against “MAGA Republicans,” the right-most wing of the party that he’s sought to distinguish from the more moderate, “mainstream” GOP.
“I want to be very clear up front: Not every Republican is a MAGA Republican,” Biden said at a Labor Day event in Wisconsin. “Not every Republican embraces that extreme ideology. I know because I’ve been able to work with mainstream Republicans in my whole career.”
However, he continued: “The extreme MAGA Republicans in Congress have chosen to go backwards, full of anger, violence, hate and division. But together we can — and we must — choose a different path forward.”
Then came the insults.
“The biggest contrast between these MAGA Republicans, the extreme right, the Trumpies. … These MAGA Republicans in Congress are coming for your Social Security,” Biden said, calling out Johnson and Sen. Rick Scott of Florida, chair of the Senate Republican campaign committee.
A protester briefly interrupted as Biden spoke about the political “battle for the soul of America,” a phrase the president used last week in reference to perceived threats to democracy from the right.
“Let him go. Everybody’s entitled to being an idiot,” Biden said after security grabbed the protester.
Biden has looked far less than remorseful in the days since his “soul of Amerca” speech, despite the massive glut of criticism he has received.
This latest speech appears to suggest that the Commander in Chief has still not learned his lesson.
