Biden attacks Trump, MAGA Republicans as a threat to democracy in blistering speech
President Joe Biden will accuse Republicans of supporting an extreme MAGA ideology that threatens democracy in prime-time remarks Thursday.
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden accused former President Donald Trump and his supporters of promoting an extreme ideology that threatens democracy in rare prime-time remarks Thursday as he stepped up attacks on conservatives ahead of the midterm elections.
“Too much of what’s happening in our country today is not normal. Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic,” Biden said in the speech from the Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia.
He accused so-called “MAGA Republicans,” a reference to Trump's "Make America Great Again" slogan, of refusing to recognize free and fair elections, increasingly talking about violence in response to actions they don’t like, and of being determined to thwart "the will of the people."
President Joe Biden speaks about the soul of the nation outside Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia on Thursday.Jim Watson / AFP - Getty Images"MAGA Republicans have made their choice. They embrace anger. They thrive on chaos. They live not in the light of truth but in the shadow of lies," Biden said.
Ahead of the remarks, a senior administration official insisted that it was “not a speech about a particular politician, or even about a particular political party." Biden said he didn't believe the ideology he was referring to represented that of most Republicans, although it has been embraced by a number of elected Republican officials.
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