As Twitchy reported Tuesday, DNC adviser Kurt Bardella told MSNBC that the Republican Party is “a fascist, authoritarian project” and should be treated as “a domestic terrorist cell at this point.” We noted in that post that Bardella saw no reason to differentiate between the Republican Party as a whole and what President Joe Biden likes to call “ultra-MAGA” or “extreme MAGA” because their philosophy is underpinned by “semi-fascism.”
We’ve asked before: Who, exactly, does the president accuse of being “extreme MAGA”? Anyone who voted for Donald Trump in 2020?
A reporter had the same question we did and on Wednesday asked Karine Jean-Pierre how the president differentiates between your “normal” Republican and an extreme MAGA Republican. Jean-Pierre claimed that Biden has been very clear about this (he hasn’t).
KJP: Biden is "being very targeted" when he calls Republicans "semi-fascist." pic.twitter.com/nhphoXMvI9
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) August 31, 2022
OK, they’re the ones who are inciting violence (name names here) and trying to take away people’s freedoms (like the right to an abortion?). How many extreme MAGA senators are there? How many extreme MAGA representatives?
Karine Jean-Pierre reiterates that tens of millions of Americans are "an extreme threat to our democracy," "freedom," and the country itself.
The only supposed crime? They vote Republican.
Again, the White House thinks Republicans are terrorists. Terrifying. pic.twitter.com/qnPraHg9RI
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) August 31, 2022
I’d like to know what freedoms she’s talking about. The whole make America great again movement really isn’t about Trump it’s about people who want to hold onto our freedoms and not be micromanaged by these heavy handed oppressors in the Dem party.
— Gretchen Keskeys (@gretchenkeskeys) August 31, 2022
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Call your enemy what you are.
— Rooster J. Cogburn (@rwinter62) August 31, 2022
I agree, he’s targeting any who dissent from his overt, destructive nonsense.
— The Intentional Walk (@challengeflag) August 31, 2022
Tomorrow's announcement should be quite interesting.
— Show Me The Farmers (@davedoestrading) August 31, 2022
If such people are an "extreme threat to our democracy…freedom…and the country itself" then is Pres. Biden mobilizing the military? If not, how does he define "threat?" Or is he just making it up? Clearly, no one has thought this through beyond the talking point.
— GrilledTomatoes (@TomatoesGrilled) August 31, 2022
They are going to regret this rhetoric.
— Frostedsleet 🇺🇸🍊Aug 8, 2022 (@Frostedsleet1) August 31, 2022
As we just reported, Biden’s post-vacation bounce in the approval ratings has evaporated since he started talking again.
She’s not saying this herself. She’s reading out loud. This isn’t KJP, it’s an official administration position.
— Casper Chappelle (@Sporty_Politico) August 31, 2022
Division is the name of the game
— julio (@julio97000572) August 31, 2022
Biden could deliver the unity he promised during the campaign if he could just “disappear” those semi-fascist MAGA Republicans. If we had to guess, we’d say Sen. Ted Cruz is extreme MAGA, but Sen. Mitt Romney is a “normal” Republican.
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Karine Jean-Pierre talks about how extreme MAGA Republicans want to deny life-saving abortions to women https://t.co/JNNoEH0Qt2
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 29, 2022