{"id":1025671,"date":"2023-09-08T17:02:18","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T17:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1025671"},"modified":"2024-05-21T17:57:59","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T17:57:59","slug":"maga-malarkey-the-extremism-you-missed-from-republicans-this-week-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/maga-malarkey-the-extremism-you-missed-from-republicans-this-week-11\/","title":{"rendered":"MAGA Malarkey: The Extremism You Missed From Republicans This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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MAGA Republicans this week stooped to new lows with their extremism, hypocrisy, chaos, and \u2014 as President Biden would call it \u2014 malarkey. In case you missed it: Donald Trump and Mike Pence threw their support behind Tommy Tuberville\u2019s actions undermining military readiness, Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy floated pardons for January 6 insurrectionists, Ramaswamy continued to spout his nonsense foreign policy ideas and expressed support for letting convicted felons carry guns, new reporting exposed Trump for repeating baseless lies in his failed attempts to attack President Biden, and Pence continued to campaign on ending Social Security as we know it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donald Trump and Mike Pence threw their support behind fellow MAGA extremist Tommy Tuberville as he continues his shameful blockade of hundreds of military promotions and nominations \u2014 undermining our military and jeopardizing our national security.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump<\/a>: \u201cHe is doing his thing right now, and he has the courage, at least, to speak up for his convictions. \u2026 He\u2019s got the guts to do what he wants to do, what he thinks is good.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pence<\/a>: \u201cAll that can be over tomorrow if the Pentagon would just stand down on attempting to push a liberal social agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ron DeSantis doubled down on saying he would consider pardons for January 6 insurrectionists and convicted criminals who attacked law enforcement, and Vivek Ramaswamy also condemned white supremacists and insurrectionists being brought to justice.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Times<\/a>: \u201cDeSantis and Ramaswamy Call Proud Boys\u2019 Sentences \u2018Excessive\u2019 and \u2018Wrong\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Florida Politics<\/a>: \u201cRon DeSantis floats \u2018pardons and commutations\u2019 after Proud Boy sentenced to 22 years\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HuffPost<\/a>: \u201cFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis suggested the use of pardons and commutations in the cases of Proud Boys members and others sentenced for their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mediaite<\/a>: \u201cRon DeSantis Condemns \u2018Excessive Sentences\u2019 Against Proud Boys, Floats \u2018Pardons and Commutations\u2019 If Elected\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Times<\/a>: \u201cAnother candidate, Vivek Ramaswamy, declared on X, formerly Twitter, on Tuesday in response to the sentences, \u2018This is wrong & it\u2019s sad that I\u2019m the only candidate with the spine to say it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ramaswamy once again proved he has no idea what he\u2019s talking about when it comes to foreign policy. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hill<\/a>: \u201cFox News anchor John Roberts pressed Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy over his views on defending Taiwan from China during an interview Friday. Ramaswamy has isolated himself from the rest of the GOP primary field on a number of key policy issues, including not supporting continued aide for Ukraine in its war against Russia, and a radical proposal to cede territory taken by Russia in eastern Ukraine in exchange for Moscow ending its military alliance with China.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRoberts then pushed Ramaswamy on whether the U.S. should support a democracy off China\u2019s shores, beyond the semiconductors. Ramaswamy responded by calling Roberts\u2019s comments a \u2018caricature.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ramaswamy continued to push his extreme MAGA agenda, this time saying convicted felons should be allowed to carry guns and throwing his support behind constitutional carry laws.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politico<\/a>: \u201cVivek Ramaswamy says convicted felons should be allowed to carry weapons.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politico<\/a>: \u201c\u2018Everyone has a gun?\u2019 asked Cuomo, once a prominent figure in Democratic Party politics. \u2018Everyone has an assault weapon? A former felon? No background check? Concealed carry?\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018Has the right to,\u2019 Ramaswamy responded. \u2018And I do think concealed carry is important, constitutional carry is important.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

New reporting exposed Donald Trump for resorting to false attacks on President Biden that have been repeatedly debunked.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cFormer president Donald Trump is, by his own admission, attacking President Biden in increasingly vicious terms. The attacks on Biden center on allegations that are exaggerated or unfounded, frequently drawing on right-wing media reports about the foreign business dealings of Biden\u2019s son Hunter Biden. The president has denied any involvement in his son\u2019s affairs, and no evidence has emerged proving otherwise.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mike Pence is still campaigning on ending Social Security as we know it. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seacoastonline<\/a>: \u201cResponding to a question on Social Security, Pence said he wanted to replace the New Deal-era policy with \u2018a better deal.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018We\u2019ve got to come to terms with the fact that the principal drivers of government spending are Social Security and Medicare,\u2019 Pence said.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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In case you missed it: Donald Trump and Mike Pence threw their support behind Tommy Tuberville\u2019s actions undermining military readiness, Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy floated pardons for January 6 insurrectionists, Ramaswamy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1025671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMAGA Malarkey: The Extremism You Missed From Republicans This Week - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/maga-malarkey-the-extremism-you-missed-from-republicans-this-week-11\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-09-08T17:02:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-21T17:57:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MAGA-Malarkey.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/maga-malarkey-the-extremism-you-missed-from-republicans-this-week-11\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/maga-malarkey-the-extremism-you-missed-from-republicans-this-week-11\/\",\"name\":\"MAGA Malarkey: The Extremism You Missed From Republicans This Week - 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