{"id":388,"date":"2022-08-26T17:08:31","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T17:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=388"},"modified":"2022-08-26T18:25:28","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T18:25:28","slug":"president-biden-labels-maga-supporters-as-a-threat-to-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/politics\/president-biden-labels-maga-supporters-as-a-threat-to-democracy\/njackson\/2022\/08\/","title":{"rendered":"President Biden Labels MAGA Supporters as a ‘Threat to Democracy’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

President Joe Biden labeled Republicans on the ballot in this year’s midterm elections as a “threat to democracy” while at a campaign event in Maryland Thursday evening. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Touching on former President Trump and his \u201cMake America Great Again\u201d slogan Biden accused Republicans of wanting to send the country “backward.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to The Hill<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNow you need to vote to literally save democracy again,\u201d Biden told a large crowd at the Democratic National Committee rally in Rockville, Md., just outside of Washington, D.C. \u201cTrump and the extreme MAGA Republicans have made their choice \u2014 to go backwards full of anger, violence, hate, and division. But we\u2019ve chosen a different path forward, the future, unity, hope and optimism.\u201d  <\/p>

\u201cWe choose to build a better America,\u201d Biden said.  <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Throughout Biden’s speech, he also touched on accomplishments from his administration before circling back to Republicans. The President later attempted to separate what he labeled “MAGA Republicans” from “conservative Republicans” citing Maryland\u2019s current Gov. Larry Hogan (R), as an example of the later. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe MAGA Republicans don\u2019t just threaten our personal rights and economic security. They\u2019re a threat to our very democracy,\u201d Biden said as he wrapped up his remarks. \u201cThey refuse to accept the will of the people. They embrace, embrace political violence. They don\u2019t believe in democracy.\u201d <\/p>

\u201cThis is why in this moment, those of you that love this country \u2014 Democrats, independents, mainstream Republicans \u2014 we must be stronger, more determined, and more committed to saving America than the MAGA Republicans are destroying America,\u201d he said.  <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

This is hardly the first time President Biden has attacked supporters of the former president and attempted to label them as dangers to society. In May, Biden called MAGA the “most extreme political organization in history” following the leak of a Supreme Court draft that signaled the end of Roe v. Wade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat are the next things that are going to be attacked? Because this MAGA crowd is really the most extreme political organization that\u2019s existed in American history. In recent American history,\u201d Biden told the crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On Friday, Biden’s White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre doubled down and defended the President’s comments calling Trump supporters fascists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jean-Pierre: "What MAGA Republicans have done [is] the definition of facism… That is what that is." pic.twitter.com\/4WMXk9Ga36<\/a><\/p>— Greg Price (@greg_price11) August 26, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>