President Joe Biden on Wednesday escalated his rhetorical attacks on the Republican Party and rebuked former President Donald Trump’s enduring grip on the GOP.
“This MAGA crowd is really the most extreme political organization that’s existed in American history, in recent American history,” Biden told reporters at the White House, referring to Trump’s “Make America Great Again” movement.
“This is the MAGA party now. … These guys are a different breed of cat,” Biden said in Seattle earlier this month. “They’re not like what I served with for so many years. And the people who know better are afraid to act correctly, because they know they’ll be primaried.”
In recent months, Republican-controlled states have approved numerous laws regulating the teaching of critical race theory, targeting transgender rights and restricting abortion access.
Meanwhile, Trump’s strength within the Republican Party has shown no sign of diminishing. His preferred candidate in Ohio’s open Senate race, J.D. Vance, won the contentious GOP primary on Tuesday in what was widely viewed as an early test of the former president’s political staying power.
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