Biden says the election is a battle against 'MAGA Republicans.' He’s been silent about Democrats elevating them.
Biden has been silent on Democrats’ midterm strategy of elevating election deniers, even though it is at odds with his message that democracy is in peril because of "MAGA Republicans."
Huddled with top Democratic donors in a recent meeting, party operatives got an uncomfortable question. Democrats had been spending millions of dollars in Republican primaries elevating extreme candidates who falsely insist Donald Trump won the 2020 election, in hopes of facing weaker opponents in the general election.
But, one donor asked, what happens if one of these far-right Republicans actually wins?
Sam Cornale, executive director of the Democratic National Committee, made no apologies, according to two people who were in the room and described the exchange to NBC News. The goal is to win elections, he and other Democratic panelists argued, and this is a way to make it happen.
“It’s politics,” Cornale told dozens of top donors at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. Cornale works hand-in-hand with White House deputy chief of staff Jen O’Malley Dillon, who ran Biden’s 2020 campaign and oversees his political office.
Biden calls for unity, warns against extremism of Trump and ‘MAGA Republicans’Sept. 2, 202201:33The raw political calculus that underpins the Democrats’ midterm election strategy is at odds with President Joe Biden’s core political message that democracy is in peril. He’s dedicated his presidency to battling “MAGA Republicans” and working across the aisle to preserve the “soul of the nation.”
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